Vipers acquire Allen from Leamington
St. Clair’s Horst named top OCAA volleyball player
The LaSalle Vipers have acquired forward Cale Allen from the Leamington Flyers.
The five-foot-11, 175-pound Allen won back-to-back Western Conference titles with the front-running Flyers.
“He’s very versatile,” Vipers general manager and head coach Bill Bowler said. “He’s played forward and defence. We know firsthand what he’s capable of. We’re going to give him every opportunity to show what he can do within our structure.”
The 19-year-old Allen had a goal and 12 points for the Flyers while appearing in 17 of the team’s 25 games.
“Cale’s ice time was going to be a bit limited because of our recent additions, so we felt it would be best to make a move that would allow him an opportunity to play more,” Flyers general manager Kevin Hopper said.
Allen is expected to be in the lineup Wednesday when the Vipers host the Sarnia Legionnaires at the Vollmer Centre at 7 p.m.
Knights trade: The London Knights traded 18-year-old forward Ryan Valentini to the Sudbury Wolves for a second-round pick in the 2019 OHL Draft.
The six-foot, 172-pound Valentini was signed by the Knights as a free agent and had been splitting his time between the junior B St. Thomas Stars and Knights.
He had 13 goals and 26 points in 14 games for the Stars and three assists in eight games for the Knights.
Junior C: Essex goalie Trevor Wheaton posted a shutout with a 26-save performance as the firstplace 73’s blanked the Dresden Junior Kings 4-0 in junior C hockey in Essex Tuesday.
Matthew Hebert, Phil Janikowski, Tyler Turner and Michael Vieira scored goals for Essex.
Hockey roundup: Jarrod Benninger scored twice and Zach Yott and Brock Beaudoin added single tallies as the General Amherst Generals doubled the L’Essor Aigles 4-2 in a high school boys hockey game Tuesday. Eric Larue scored both goals for the Aigles.
Elsewhere, Griffin Robinson netted a hat trick and Russell Bickford, Logan Robillard, Justin Bondy and Curtis Rodrigues also scored for the Harrow Hawks in a 7-4 win over the Riverside Rebels. Michael Sapardanis and Cameron Pickersgill each scored twice for the Rebels.
Tournament titles: A pair of Windsor Minor Hockey Association teams picked up division titles at the Randy Merton-Dan Holland Hockey Tournament in Belle River.
Windsor’s novice AE team took that division with a 2-0 win over LaSalle in the final. Ryan Jakovcic had both goals and Landon Pickersgill and Logan Conrod each had two assists.
Brooke Renaud and Ayden Larocque shared the shutout.
Windsor pee wee AE team won that division with a 6-4 win over the Markham Waxers in the finals.
It was the team’s third tournament title this season with Tyler Sterling, Daniel Babona, Guy Graham, Davon Geddes, Andrew Parreira and Jackson Arcand each scored once in the final.
WECSSAA volleyball: The Brennan Cardinals edged the Sandwich Sabres 2-1 in WECSSAA Tier I senior girls’ volleyball play Tuesday. Games scores were 25-22, 17-25, 25-22. In other Tier I matches, the Holy Names Knights edged the St. Joseph’s Lasers 2-1 (25-20, 25-15, 18-25) and the Villanova Wildcats swept the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-17).
In Tier II matches, Ste. Cecile rallied to down the Assumption Purple Raiders 2-1 (16-25, 2522, 25-15), Maranatha swept the UMEI Lightning 3-0 (27-25, 25-13, 25-19), the Lajeunesse Royals defeated the Catholic Central Comets 2-1 (25-17, 12-25, 25-22) and the Walkerville Tartans swept the Herman Green Griffins 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-19).
Horst honoured: St. Clair College outside hitter Shalena Horst was named the OCAA’s female volleyball player of the week Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Horst had 33 points in a pair of four-set victories over Conestoga and Fanshawe. The six-foot Horst had 11 kills, six service aces and a block for 18 points against Conestoga.
She followed that up with 12 kills and three service aces for 15 points against Fanshawe to help the Saints improve to 5-4 on the season. Horst leads the Saints with an average of 3.5 points per set.