The Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki announced that seven young Abenaki hockey players each
\nreceived full hockey gear from the Goals and Dreams program funded by the National Hockey League
\nPlayers\u2019 Association. The event took place on April 5 at the Bell Centre in the Montreal Canadiens
\nChildren’s Foundation luxury suite where our youth, accompanied by a parent, attended a game
\nbetween the Canadiens and Red Wings.
\nAt the end of the game, the lucky seven had the opportunity to visit behind the scenes of the Bell
\nCentre and meet their Aboriginal idol, Carey Price and his wife Angela. In appreciation of the
\nCanadiens\u2019 goalkeeper, a painting of him in action on the ice was presented to him.
\nThis event was the result of a project organized by the First Nations Child and Family Services
\nProgram (FNCFS) in partnership with the Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation. Our young
\nhockey players were presented to the NHLPA Goals and Dreams selection committee and they were
\nall selected. To be selected and presented to the committee, these youth had to show perseverance,
\nsports involvement, and to have played hockey for at least one year and be a resident of either Odanak
\nor W\u00f4linak.
\nThis unique experience will remain forever etched in the memory of these young people as well as
\ntheir chaperons!<\/p>\n