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Letter: Prince George Cougars visit heartfelt by hockey players

We would like to share our story about the Prince George Cougars Western Hockey League Team visit.

Editor:

We would like to share our story about the Prince George Cougars Western Hockey League Team visit. While Prince George was hosting the Canada Winter Games, Prince George Cougars donated their space (for the Games) and decided to embark on a road trip and stop at three locations in the Cariboo before their next scheduled game.

Their first stop was Quesnel, second was Williams Lake, and third was 100 Mile House. We are writing about our experience in Williams Lake and hope we can express our gratitude through this letter.

If you can imagine an arena full of young hockey players, excited to meet potential future NHL stars, then you can well imagine the excitement at our twin arena last week. Players from Novice, Atom and PeeWee were fortunate to have time on the ice with the Cougars, as well as in the dressing room and at a ‘meet and greet.’

The Prince George Cougars patiently waited for all our players to have autographs, receive toques and other memorabilia as well as listen to any stories our players wanted to share.

The on-ice time was extremely valuable not only for our players, but for the PG Cougars as well.

The raw beauty of the sport of hockey shone through each players’ eyes last week as games of scrimmage broke out on the ice. Players who typically kept to themselves became alive with stories once they got home. Some players immediately loaded the PG Cougars website to study stats while one drafted a report to share with her class (positions, players, home towns etc.).

Corporate social responsibility is good not only for business, but for those who are touched by it. Our association and players are extremely grateful for this experience. We are further grateful for their cash donation to our association. We guarantee that this gift will be put to good use.

We would like to thank Prince George Cougars players and staff for taking the time to notice the players in the Cariboo.

We also thank our parents who took the time to bring their players down to support the PG visit. We hope that their team can make its way down again some day. We would welcome them with open arms!

Jennifer Loewen and Kristina Beaulne

Atom Division Co-Managers

Williams Lake Minor Hockey