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Best Friends and Hockey Players:
Sophie O’Brien and Quynn Lavallee
Sophie–wanting to make sure she’s
By Victoria Klassen
okay and safe. That’s because Sophie
navigates the world through blindness
ix-year-old hockey players as she has bilateral retinoblastoma
SSophie O’Brien and Quynn
[cancer],” said Roxanne.
Lavallee have been best friends since
pre-school. Their hockey season started at the
end of September. The two friends
Quynn took an interest in hockey share a common love for the game
early on from watching her older
and enjoy the healthy competition
brother play with the Cornwall and the social outing twice a week.
Minor Hockey Association. She was
excited when she was old enough for Sophie’s favourite part of hockey
the Cornwall Girls Tyke program. is skating fast and taking the puck to
Sophie joined her on the ice the next the net. Quynn says, “I like skating
season and they are playing together really fast and tagging people.”
again this year. “We are a pretty fortunate
Quynn’s mother, Roxanne, said that community to have the Cornwall
part of what makes their friendship Girls Hockey Association and their
special is how they want to take care volunteers,” said Roxanne. “They
of each other. put a lot of hours into developing
these ladies and keeping it fun and
“Quynn is always looking out for
interesting for them in the process.” Sophie O’Brien and Quynn Lavallee Photo Submitted
Seaway Valley Minor Hockey to Host Akwesasne Language
and Culture Session
By Molly Kett to have all of our players wear orange
shirts during team warm-ups to bring
eaway Valley Minor Hockey recognition to the Every Child
Sisn’t just making strides to raise Matters movement, and I thought it
awareness by wearing orange Every was important that all of our players
Child Matters shirts during game learn exactly what that meant and
warm-ups, but Glen Denney is also
the impacts of the residential school
hosting an Akwesasne Language and program,” said Denney. “What better
Culture Session for coaches, players, way than to sit with the Akwesasne
and parents. It is an education Healing Center and learn from the
session on residential schools and people that were directly affected.”
what Orange Shirt Day is all about.
After this session, Denney hopes
At present, this session is organized that participants leave with a better
for the U15 team (2007 birth year understanding of the generational Photo Submitted
players), but members of the Seaway
impact that the residential schools
Board hope that all levels take an have had on our friends and overcome unless these wrongs are got this started for us, the Akwesasne
opportunity to attend. righted.
neighbors, how it has affected the Language and Culture Group, and
“It’s important to everyone, not just family dynamic, education, addiction, “Education is the beginning of the Akwesasne Healing Center for
our league. Stuart Mullin, a member community prosperity, personal reconciliation,” said Denney. “I’d like
of the Seaway board, had a great idea identity, and left a rift that cannot be to say thank you to Ali Chatland who providing us this opportunity.”
