Pats and Congrats to Hawk's Pee Wee A Girls Goalie, Kate W., for Winning Silver at Provincials

Here is a storybook season.  Mid-summer of 2012, I had a father approach me via a mutual acquaintance.  He was looking for some goalie training for his young daughter who was just taking up the position for the first time.  We were able to get her into our Summer Skills clinic at Cole Harbour even though they had to come in from South Shore.

Anyways, Kate was totally raw.  She had almost no experience in even wearing her equipment let alone moving and executing any save techniques.  She stuck it through for the full 20 hours of ice and 8 hours of dryland.  Her feet were probably covered in blisters and she dragged herself home exhausted every night.

But she always came back the next morning and never missed a session.  She got a lot of individual attention from our assistant instructors, Dana and Nicole, that kept her motivated and smiling.  While she was shy and little timid of the puck earlier on, I would have definitely pegged her as a brave and strong-willed girl.

Fast forward now eight months later, and Kate received her silver medal at provincials in Cape Breton last week.  That she would catapult herself so far, so quickly was beyond anything that I could have predicted.  Hopefully, this season has sealed her passion for the sport and the position of goalie.  And I look forward to seeing what the future holds for her.

Great job, Kate!!