Ottawa Champions open 2019 spring training

The independent Can-Am League’s Ottawa Champions have opened spring training. Photo: Ottawa Champions

May 6, 2019

Official Ottawa Champions Press Release

OTTAWA - Rookie manager Sébastien Boucher (Gatineau, Que.) welcomed 24 players on a summer-like day to Ottawa’s Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (RCGT) Park as the Ottawa Champions opened their 2019 training camp on Monday.

Boucher, who spent the last four seasons playing for the Champions, has the most hits, RBIs and runs of any player in Can-Am League history.

Fellow Gatineau, Que., native Phillippe Aumont, the Champions' pitching coach and the team’s ace pitcher who threw a no-hitter during the 2017 season for the Champions, is back with the team for the 2019 season. He spent the 2018 season with the MLB's Detroit Tigers organization.

The team will play an intrasquad game May 7, 2019 at 1 p.m. They will then play three exhibition games at home against the Black Sox and the Trois-Rivières Aigles.

The full preseason schedule is:

Thurs. May 9, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. against the Black Sox

Fri. May 10, 2019 at 11:05 a.m. against the Black Sox

Wed. May 15, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. against the Trois-Rivière Aigles

Opening day for the 2019 regular season is Fri. May 17, 2019 against the New Jersey Jackals. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.