Ian Lachance took a well-earned break this summer.

After celebrating the Chatham Maroons’ Sutherland Cup championship, he didn’t skate when he returned home.

Not that he had a choice. There was no ice in Timmins.

“I got to see some buddies that I didn’t see all year,” the 18-year-old forward said. “I worked all summer. It was short but sweet. I’m happy to be back now, but it was a fun summer.”

Lachance stayed in Chatham until the end of the school year, so he was home for only seven weeks. He didn’t play hockey of any kind – no ball hockey, no street hockey – while he was there.

“I didn’t touch a hockey stick all summer,” he said. “It gave me a little break because we played until May. It was a good break for me. I was very tired after that long, long championship run. I took the time

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