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Building a tradition, when it comes to any sports organization, often lies in breaking through new boundaries, and setting the framework where a series of firsts will eventually take place.

It’s been 20 years now since her son last laced up his skates in an NHL game, yet Mary Ann Secord has no problem whatsoever reminiscing about his hockey career.

In the realm of minor hockey, for both girls and boys, April is the month where dreams can come true.

Well, it’s been another very intriguing and exciting couple of weeks in the world of minor hockey, but aren’t they all? Upon further review, it struck me that the period in question represented both the good and potentially bad of Canada’s favourite

In these parts (namely the former municipality of Valley East), Andrew Brunette is revered – and for very good reason.

Over the past few years, a handful of Copper Cliff Redmen AA hockey teams have carved out a solid reputation on a provincial scale. Only time will tell whether coach Kevin Beauchamp and his major peewee crew can join this elite level group.

So here they are, almost exactly a year to the date later, but essentially in exactly the same situation.

For many of the kids with the Sudbury Playground Hockey League (SPHL), the finals last weekend were their Olympic gold-medal game.

It was the biggest of stages, with the eyes of the world drawn upon Vancouver – and Sudburians were front and centre. For starters, local athletes came through with flying colours.

I have been fortunate enough to be living the dream of a lifetime — volunteering as an off-ice official with both the men’s and women’s hockey competitions at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.