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Sports Mom”

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for June is Kimberley Steven. Kim’s Kit
daughter Ava keeps her busy with Hot
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her enthusiasm for sports. A thirty

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“My daughter, Ava Steven,” Kim begins, “is 11-years-old and has a fearless 6 Second Street East,
spirit when it comes to sports. She has explored everything from T-ball, Cornwall
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dance forms. Her passion truly flourished in Highland Dancing, where she

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defining part of my life. Moving It Is What It Is After all, the Panthers are the defending
Continued from page 13 “Figure skating has been a the Panthers was not exactly an upset.
with the Coleman School of Dance. to Glengarry in 2015 brought us Stanley Cup champions and have been
She loves taking advantage of all to the Char-Lan Figure Skating By Peter Collins to the finals the past two seasons. What
athletic opportunities at school, Club, where Ava started lessons hurts Leaf fans the most is the way that
playing soccer, floor hockey, and and we became part of a truly they lost. For the Leaf cheerleaders,
ultimate frisbee. This year, she supportive skating family. My two home losses in games five and
decided to try ball hockey, another skating journey started at the age seven, by identical six to one scores, is
unacceptable. Because of the loss, the
exciting new adventure!” of three, and from the moment my his past Victoria Day weekend Leafs “Core four” may be no more! So
“However,” Kim continues, “our feet touched the ice, I knew I had Twas difficult for fans of Canadian now Canada’s hopes for a Canadian
most cherished moments together found my passion. I competed as a hockey. Two of our three home-grown team bringing home the Stanley Cup
happen on the ice. Skating has figure skater throughout my youth teams were defeated in the second rests on the shoulders of the Edmonton
become a place where Ava not only and soon discovered that passing round of the NHL playoffs. Gone are the Oilers. If the Oilers want to be the first
develops her athletic abilities but on the love of the sport was just President’s Cup winning Winnipeg Jets. Canadian team to win the cup since
also expresses herself artistically. as rewarding. I started assisting Gone are the Eastern Conference number the 1993 Canadiens, they have some
two seed Toronto Maple Leafs. The difficult obstacles to overcome. First,
The best part? I get to share this coaches at the age of ten, and as Jets had a dominating season, winning they must get past the Dallas Stars,
journey with her as her coach! My soon as I was eligible, I earned fifty-six games, which included star who are loaded with talent. If they’re
own involvement in skating spans my certification to coach. goaltender, Connor Hellebuyck, leading fortunate enough to get past the Stars,
decades. I was part of the City of “I took a break to focus on Ava, but the way in almost every goaltender their finals opponent is likely to be the
Ottawa’s Skating School for more now I’m back, coaching both her category. He was so dominant that he is aforementioned Panthers. Beating the
than ten years and was also Director and the incredible young athletes one of the favourites for league MVP. Panthers is no easy task, with their great
of the Cumberland Skating Club. in our community. It truly feels Playoff reality struck and his save coaching, and terrifically balanced team.
These experiences have allowed me like coming home, and I consider percentage went from a regular season With McDavid, Draisaitl, and Bouchard
to foster a love for the sport in both myself so lucky to be able to share .925 to a paltry .866. With that kind of the Oilers have the star power to win the
Ava and the community around us. this joy with others.” stat, the Jets are lucky they made it out Cup. All they need is Patrick Roy from
of the first round. The Leafs losing to the Hab’s 1993 cup winning team.