The Hockey Canada Foundation Assist Fund allowed Kym’s daughter Everly to stay on the ice, become the ‘celly queen’ and keep chasing her hockey dreams
Even as a baby, Everly loved hockey. As a three-month-old, strangers
jokingly asked me if she was a Canadian because of how intently she watched
a game on television in a hotel restaurant.
By two years old, I couldn’t stop Everly from getting her hands on the
hockey sticks at the community gym. She took her first strides after only
the second time on the ice. Hockey is in her blood.
I didn’t grow up playing hockey, but I saw my daughter’s love for the game
and worked hard to learn about the sport. I got her involved in skating
lessons, hockey tots, and parent-and-tot ice time. Anything that would
allow her to enjoy the game she so obviously loved.
She joined her first hockey team at four-and-a-half years old and now, as a
seven-year-old, she hasn’t stopped. Being on the ice – challenging herself,
scoring…