Things have come full circle for Cornwall native Grant Cooper when he recently returned to the Cornwall Colts— this time, standing behind the bench.

“It feels so long ago that I was playing for the Colts, but it hasn’t been that long,” said Cooper, who played for the Colts over five seasons, and was last on the roster during the 2016-17 season.

Excited to start a new chapter, Cooper retired from his professional hockey career after a 2022-23 season in Europe where he started playing with the Leeds Knights, part of the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL), but finished the season with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League. Cooper’s career also includes four seasons with Clarkson University in the U.S. under the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) after leaving the

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