The Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears hosted the Peewee B Bears prior to the start of their CCHL league game against Navan Friday night, which ended with a 4-0 shutout victory.

The peewees are in the hunt for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup and their appearance at the Jr. A game was one to generate interest in their quest.

The younger Bears skated a couple laps around the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre, two of them carrying flags, as they preceded the big Bears’ entry to the rink. They all took their places at centre ice for the national anthem, following which, they skated off to a rousing ovation.

The Smiths Falls Peewee B Bears joined the Jr. A Bears for the national anthem, the kids will know on Monday when the announcement will be made as to who this year’s $15,000 winning team will be. The announcement will take place at Mike Fair’s Chevrolet in Smiths Falls, at 9 a.m. according to one of the peewee Bears’ parents, Rachael Bell, who was in attendance for the fun.

“It’s so amazing what these kids are doing and it’s had such a big impact on them,” she said, but the whole “good deeds” thing is “bigger than them, now,” she said.

Bell has seen the generosity of the community as it has come together doing acts of kindness for each other.

For instance, when the kids challenged town council with a good deed, and they in turn presented roses for the seniors at local retirement homes, and that turned into a cash donation for Duncan J. Schoular’s breakfast program, Bell said.

SMITHS FALLS 4 NAVAN 0

The Smiths Falls Bears went on to shut out the Navan Grads 4-0, as the regular season draws to an end. The Bears are just two points out of a playoff spot. That number eight spot is held by the Rockland Nationals and the Bears play the Nats this Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m in Rockland.

The Bears outshot the Grads Friday night, 51-18 with Bradley Dobson in nets for the win to claim the game’s first star honours.

Smiths Falls had their goals from Alex DiCarlo in the first, assisted by Michael Larose; Ethan Coltart on the power play with help from Marc Shannon and Hunter Garlasco and Kris Lalonde with assists from Garlasco and Gibson in the second, and a final power play marker from Scott Gervais in the third. He was helped out by Shannon and Dowdall on the marker.

DiCarlo had the game’s second star nod, while Alexandro Way (Navan) was the third star.