The Nipissing Alouettes were a

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team based out of

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. They played in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League.

History

The Alouettes follow in the town's hockey tradition of the Sturgeon Falls Lynx who played in the town from 1994 until 2002 when they became the

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. The first game in the Alouettes' history took place on September 9, 2006, against the

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. The result was a 5–1 loss. The first goal in Alouette history was scored by Matt Mascarin. Justin Longchamps took the loss in goal in the first game in Alouettes history, but played well facing more than 50 shots. The first home game in the team's history was on September 22, 2006, against the

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, a 6–3 loss. The Als celebrated their first victory on September 29, 2006. They defeated the

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by a score of 5–3. Nipissing finished their inaugural season in 6th place, losing out on a season-long battle for fourth place against the

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and

. They drew the

in the league quarter-final, but lost out 4-games-to-2. In their 2007–2008 season, the Alouettes welcomed an entirely new squad, having only 2 returning players, Mackenzie Charron and Kory Cashaback. The 1st ever shutout in Alouettes history was recorded on Friday, September 28 by Tristan Jones, making 30 saves and adding an assist on his way to a 9-0 destruction of the struggling Toronto Canada Moose. In April 2008, the Alouettes announced that Lui Ricci as the club's new head coach. Ricci spent the last part of the season with the Alouettes. He also brought in assistants Kevin Gauthier, Patrick Geary and former North Bay Centennial and NHLer Steve McLaren. In 2009, after the team's strongest season to date, the Alouettes ceased operations. A year later, the

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were founded to fill their void in the GMHL.

Season-by-Season Standings

Playoffs

*''2007'' Lost quarter-final :

defeated Nipissing Alouettes ''4-games-to-2'' in quarter-final *''2008'' Lost Bye round :

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defeated Nipissing Alouettes ''4-games-to-1'' in bye round *''2009'' Lost Division semi-final :Nipissing Alouettes defeated

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''3-games-to-none'' in division quarter-final :

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defeated Nipissing Alouettes ''3-games-to-none'' in division semi-final

External links

Nipissing Alouettes WebpageGMHL Official Webpage
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