Local team to make big league appearance
Posted Oct 9, 2010 08:30:02 AM.
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Tonight’s match up between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens will feature some Nova Scotians besides Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.
The Cole Harbour Atom AAA Wings will be introducing the first Saturday night game. Coach Brad MacLeod says it’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks.
“Yeah it’s probably one of the most exciting things a lot of them have been through,” he says. “It all happened at once, first they found out they made the team.”
And then they taped their national television debut a few weeks back, which features them introducing the HNIC pre-game show as well as teeing up the big game.
“They’re completely over the moon about it,” says MacLeod, adding that he and the parents are equally excited.
The team, made up of nine and 10-year-olds will be getting together tonight at Gamebreakers to watch themselves and the match on a big screen.
MacLeod says it’s extra special because the team will be introducing a hometown hero.
“Everyone is pretty close to Sidney Crosby, he still has a lot of roots in the Cole Harbour area,” he says. “I would say there’s lots of kids on the teams who still have connections with him.”
Hockey Night in Canada gets underway at 7:30 p.m. on CBC.
