Ukrainian girls’ team finds hockey haven at Wickenheiser festival
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Ukrainian girls’ team finds hockey haven at Wickenheiser festival

Associated Press  

CALGARY, Alberta — A Ukrainian girls’ hockey team is in Canada for a few days of peace and hockey in an arena that doesn’t have a missile-sized hole in its roof. It’s tough that way.” Nine players are from Kharkiv, where pictures show a large hole in the roof of the Saltovskiy Led arena where the girls’ team WHC Panthers once skated. “So many girls on this Ukrainian team are future players of the national team.” Wickenheiser, a Hockey Hall of Famer, is the assistant general manager of player development for the Toronto Maple Leafs and a doctor who works emergency room shifts in the Toronto area. “It’s the first time in Ukrainian history where a girls’ team is coming to Canada to a very good tournament,” Seredenko said.

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