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Ottawa Titans Seeking Volunteers
The fastest game on two feet is looking for the fastest volunteers on two feet…well not so much fast but dedicated and responsible to help with our 2007 season. We are looking for fans who are interested in helping at our home games; there are 9 home games plus play offs where we need help with game day operations. Tasks include working at the front door, selling pizza, setting up and selling team merchandise. All home games are at Earl Armstrong Arena and starts Sunday, May 13th. For High School students, this is an excellent way in getting your volunteer hours. Please contact Elizabeth by phone at 613-867-3592 or by email at operations@ottawatitans.com
We very much appreciate the help of our volunteers. Please help make our 3rd season another successful one!
Ottawa Titans Announce 2007 Schedule
The Ottawa Titans are pleased to announce their 2007 schedule. The Club will be playing an 18 game schedule this year, down from 22 games in the previous two seasons.
The season starts May 11th in Akwesasne and finishes at home on Wednesday, July 11th against Akwesasne. The Club plays 4 home games on Sunday afternoon, 3 on Wednesday night and 2 on Saturday night.
The May 11th game is historical as it will be Akwesasne's inaugral game in Jr "A" lacrosse. The Ottawa Titans are proud to be selected to play Akwesasne's in their historical first ever game in Junior "A" lacrosse.
Nine game season passes will be available shortly at a cost of $70. To obtain 2007 season passes email gm@ottawatitans.com or treasurer@ottawatitans.com or by phone (613) 822-1095.
The upcoming tryouts in mid April for the team will be announced shortly.
2007 Ottawa Titans Schedule
Date Team H/A Time
Friday, May 11th Akwesasne A 8:00pm
Sunday, May 13th Orangeville H 2:00pm
Sunday, May 20th Burlington A 6:00pm
Monday, May 21st Six Nations A 2:00pm
Thursday, May 24th Toronto A 8:00pm
Sunday, May 27th Kitchener H 2:00pm
Saturday, June 2nd Brampton A 7:00pm
Sunday, June 3rd Kitchener A 2:00pm
Wednesday, June 6th Peterborough H 8:00pm
Saturday, June 9th Mississauga A 7:00pm
Sunday, June 10th Orangeville A 2:00pm
Saturday, June 16th Six Nations H 7:00pm
Sunday, June 17th Toronto H 2:00pm
Saturday, June 23rd St. Catharines H 7:00pm
Sunday, June 24th Brampton H 2:00pm
Sunday, July 1st Orillia A 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 4th Whitby H 8:00pm
Wednesday, July 11th Akwesasne H 8:00pm
Titans Announce New Draft Picks
On Sunday, January 24th, the OLA's Jr "A" league held their annual overage Midget draft. The Ottawa Titans drafted for the second time since their inception in 2005. Prior to the draft, Ottawa traded the rights to Curry Rice and Peter Jacobs to Akwesasne for the 13th pick in the 2007 draft and other considerations. With the trade, Ottawa had 3 picks in the draft (6th, 13th & the 19th picks).
Ottawa selected the following players:
Kyle Alfred (6th) from Kahnawake
Nick Diachenko (13th) from Clarington
Brett Perras (19th) from Cornwall (Goalie)
Kyle Alfred played Junior for Kahnawake in the ILA for 2006 and was on the ILA's 2006 Founders team. Kyle is RH and has an exceptional shot.
Nick Diachenko played for the Clarington Midget B championship team. Nick was the Captain, is RH and sees the whole floor exceptionally well.
Brett Perras played Junior B and Midget B for Cornwall. Brett is a tall Goalie with sound fundamentals.
The Ottawa Titans want to congradulate the 2007 draftees and are looking forward seeing them this April at the tryout camp.
TITANS ANNOUNCE NEW ASSISTANT COACHES
The Ottawa Titans are excited to announce the assistant coaches for the upcoming 2007 season. They are Duncan Ross orginally from Brantofrd and Rick Filion of Cornwall.
Ducan Ross recently moved to Ottawa for his job and brings a wealth of Jr "A" experience including playing in the Minto Cup. He has 5 years of Jr "A" lacrosse experience playing in Burlington, Burnaby and Kitchener and one year of Sr "B" in Six Nations. Duncan is looking forward to bringing what it takes to win at this level to the players. He will be mainly working on the offensive side. A summary of Duncan Ross's Jr "A" career is as follows:
GP G A PTS
Regular Season 83 85 117 202
Playoffs 21 15 19 34
Rick Filion brings over 30 years experience in lacrosse from playing Minor lacrosse in Cornwall, Junior and Senior lacrosse in Akwesasne and coaching in the Cornwall Minor lacrosse since 2002. Rick is well known for running great practices and ia a great teacher of the game He will mainly working on the defensive end of the floor.
New Head Coach
The Club is pleased to announce that Andre “Biff‿ Leduc will be the head coach of the Ottawa Titans for the 2007 season. As a member of the coaching staff over the last two years, Andre has become familiar with the organization and the players, which should lead to a smooth transition. Andre has been involved in coaching/playing lacrosse in Ottawa all his life. Starting at the minor level as a player in Gloucester to being a top scorer with Gloucester/Nepean (48 games 94 Goals 178 Points over three seasons) at the Junior level in the mid nineties to coaching provincial championships with Nepean (Bantam & Midget) to assistant coach at the Junior level over the last three years, initially with Nepean and of course the last two with Ottawa. Assistant coaches will be announced at a later date. Last Updated: 2007-07-07
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