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The Waterloo native just couldn‘t seem to catch a break when it came to securing a NCAA scholarship. The 21â€" yearâ€"old had a modest 2006â€"07 season, collecting 44 points (18 goals, 26 assists) in 55 games with the Central Junior A Hockey League Hawkesbury Hawks, but that wasn‘t enough to entice schools south of the border. So Lachapelle hooked up with Ryan D‘Arcy‘s Athletic Recruitment Group (ARG) for his last year of junior eligibiliâ€" ty and the Cambridge native gave the Hawks captain some sage advice. 1 told him you have to play every game like it was his last, because it could be," D‘Arcy said. e "He had a great year and thankfully there were schools interested." Saying Lachapelle had a great year is an understatement. The centreman had 94 points (41 g, 53 a) in 60 games, leading his team in scoring and finishâ€" ing fifth in the league. He also led the Hawks in the playoffs too, gathering three goals and 13 assists in 11 games. He was awarded with the team‘s top scorer and MVP award. More importantly, his reward was a full scholarship at Division I Robert Morris University. That offer didn‘t come until the season was over. "It was really tough because scouts would watch me play, but then when they asked my coaches about me they would find out I was 20. And most of them had already signed their players Local hockey star punches his ticket tefan Lachapelle took it down to the M Manulife Financial sz #«â€"«â€" mMEN agcra & THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS By Biu. Doucet For the Chronicle Register online as a volunteer, individual or family at For more information: Call â€" 88 HEART or Email â€" bike Lachapelle explained the 50â€"point difference between years as changing his style in the league after establishing ‘himself as a veteran. for next year and were looking to the future," Lachapelle said. "But my coaches just kept saying that if I was patient, it would come. Once I started following that advice, things came much easier on the ice." "My first two years in Hawkesbury (he spent a season with the Waterloo Siskins) I focused on my defensive play and took on a penalty killing role. This season I opened things up and had more time on the power play. 1 had a lot of confidence and guys started looking for me to be a leader, and I HealthCare Stefan Lachapelle e@y â€" kEcons WATERLDG CHRONICLE This uf Bike @ Hike for Héear. Her hearl used o be sick bul she‘s belier now She says S$1 Mary‘s Cardfac Cenire made her belier and lhal makes me happy cause ! |love I‘m walking wilh my Grandma in the Manulite Thanks $} Mary‘s Manulife Bik became the goâ€"to guy." Lachapelle‘s monster season cerâ€" tainly attracted some prominent suitâ€" ors, including Sacred Heart, American International College, Princeton, Merâ€" cyhurst and Canisius College, but it was Robert Morris that approached him first and he stayed loyal to them. "They came to me the first game of the season and I stayed in touch with the assistant coach for the rest of the season," he said. "I was glad they pulled through (with a scholarship) because they are a good team with a good coaching staff, and they play in a good league. You can‘t ask for anything more." Now that things have come together with Robert Morris, Lachapelle doesn‘t regret hiring D‘Arcy. o But Lachapelle isn‘t D‘Arcy‘s only success story. He helped former Camâ€" bridge Winter Hawks Cam and Ryan Watson (Western Michigan University), and Jordan Bonneville (Wayne State University) obtain scholarships before he even started ARG. That‘s when the recruiting bug bit him. _"The whole process went well and he really helped out a lot," Lachapelle "I needed the help to get my name out there and he really opened up some doors that wouldn‘t have been open without him. He put in a lot of effort and it worked out in the end." 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