AKWESASNE — It appears 41-year-old Christian Joly picked an opportune time to make his return to competitive hockey after 20 years. Article content

Joly and his new North Dundas Rockets teammates ‘welcomed’ the Northern Premier Hockey League’s (NPHL) newest team, the Akwesasne Wild, to the renamed senior league on Saturday at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena — even though the Wild’s season-opener was an 8-5 win against the South Grenville Rangers on Sept. 21 . Article content Article content

Joly scored the Rockets’ first goal, sparking a stretch of seven goals against one for the defending league champs, eventually leading to an 8-5 win .

“I saw an opportunity to go in — I’m normally a stay-at-home defenceman,” Joly said, of his first goal of any meaning since his days with the Jr. A C

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