2025 Team Inductee - Wallaceburg Minor Midget Hockey 2006/2007
Team Members: Eric Babcock, Kyle Bachus, Cody Bruin, Paul Delanghe, Shayne Dobbelaar, Ryan George, Troy George, Brendan Hedges, Tyson Isaac, Joe Jacobs, Adam Janssens,
Stephen Kuyer, Clint Lamarsh, Shawn Lubbers, Dene Pinsonneault, Josh Van Caille,
Ben Van Heck, Trevor Williams
Coaching Staff: Mark Davis (Coach), Gary Warkentin (Asst Coach), Kevin Babcock (Asst Coach), Chad Lubbers (Equpiment Manager), John Van Heck (Trainer), Judy Bachus (Manager)
It was a “Triple Crown” season for the Wallaceburg Minor Midgets in 2006/2007. The team had a trio of remarkable accomplishments. They had an undefeated regular season. They won every tournament they entered including both Midget B Regional Silver Stick and the Midget B International Silver Stick and
were crowned OMHA Minor Midget B-CC champions.
Their success came from discipline and once in a lifetime team chemistry. They practiced as hard as they ever played and would cap most of their on-ice practices with Mark Davis’s signature beep running test. This team was at its peak form and showed it on the ice.
They won every Midget B tournament they showed up for. Champions of the Alymer Midget tourney, Champions of the Southpoint Midget tourney, Champions of the Midget B Regional Silver Stick beating Seaforth in the final and then winning the International Midget B Championship against a Schomberg team that did not see it coming. The Wallaceburg boys lost to Schomberg, early on a Saturday morning, in the round robin play, on the big ice of the Sting arena in Sarnia. When Schomberg met Wallaceburg again in the championship game, they played against a different team that soundly claimed the International title to the shock of the Schomberg players, coaches and fans.
The final crown, in their Triple Crown year, was their OMHA Minor Midget B-CC win against Oro-Menodite.
The Lakers won the six-point championship in three games straight, on Wallaceburg ice to a very loud and sold out Wallaceburg Memorial Arena.
It was a story book year in 2007 for these Wallaceburg boys, one that still has not been matched since.