Chatham’s Colin Holmes watches the Centennial Cup with Navan Grads.

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Chatham’s Colin Holmes watches the Centennial Cup with Navan Grads.

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They are among 10 teams playing in the Canadian Junior A Championship, which begins Thursday in Oakville.

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Holmes had 19 goals and 22 assists in 54 games during the regular season.

The 20-year-old forward added four assists in 17 playoff games as the Grads won the Central Canada Hockey League championship.

Holmes played the last two seasons in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League with the Komoka Kings, collecting 45 points in 94 games.

Former Chatham Maroons forward Julien Gervais is also in the Centennial Cup with the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion Calgary Canucks.

The 20-year-old from Windsor led the AJHL playoffs with 18 points in 15 games. He scored seven goals and set up 11.

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Gervais played two seasons with the Maroons before going to Calgary. He helped Chatham win the GOJHL’s Western Conference championship in 2022 and then was second in the Western Conference scoring race in 2022-23.

Maroons forward David Brown, from Blenheim, was originally scheduled to play in the Centennial Cup, also with hosts Oakville Blades, but is now out.

papineau dresses as Spirit’s support

The Maroons’ Kaleb Papineau dressed as the Saginaw Spirit’s backup goaltender for the first five games of the Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference finals.

The Spirit lost to the London Knights in six games.

Spirit’s season isn’t over, though. They have a spot in the Memorial Cup as the home team.

Papineau, forward Jacob Cloutier and defenseman Graydon Jones from the Maroons joined the Spirit for the playoffs after Chatham’s season ended. Neither played in the OHL postseason.

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The Oshawa Knights and Generals begin the OHL Finals Thursday in London.

Henderson inspires the younger brother

Maroons forward Colton Henderson is inspiring his younger brother Rowan, who was recently selected 12th overall by the Sudbury Wolves in the OHL Under-18 Draft.

Colton was the Knights’ second-round pick in the 2023 OHL U18 draft after not hearing his name called a year earlier in the priority selection.

“To see him get a second chance was an inspiration,” Rowan told the Waterloo Region Record. “I wanted to follow in his footsteps and try and do that.”

Colton had 5-8-13 totals in 34 games this season with the Maroons and St. Marys Lincolns.

Cyclones lead Sutherland Cup

Listowel Cyclones hold a 2-1 lead over St. Marys Lincolns in the Sutherland Cup Final after Tuesday’s 2-1 extra time win in Game 3.

Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is Friday in St. Marys.

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