Game On Magazine 2017 February 2017 | Page 27

It was the toughest year of my life. My Dad is still my biggest supporter and he often makes the drive from Dauphin to watch me play. We have each other
From the day he arrived, Shaw liked the fit with Transcona. Although the Railer Express had a tough start going 1-7-0 in the first eight games, they’ ve been playing. 500 hockey in recent weeks. Shaw is also impressed with the community of Transcona, the team’ s home rink and the way the fans support the team.“ The community is great and really supports us,” he said.“ We’ re in seventh spot now, but we have a lot of new guys and we’ re getting to know each other and getting comfortable with each other. We’ re a tough, disciplined team and as long as we stick to our coach’ s game plan we’ re going to make the playoffs.” To see Shaw smile is a testament to his heart, his passion for the game and his commitment to his team and his family. He has a tattoo of the pink breast cancer ribbon with his Mom Ingrid’ s name on it and also has a tribute to her on his helmet( which includes a big pink ribbon).“ Obviously, to this day, I still think about it,” he said of losing his mom.“ It’ s part of my life and it’ s going to be part of my life forever. It’ s just a matter of looking at the bright side of things and realizing that everything that happens in life, happens for a reason.“ Everything I do is with a purpose. Whether it’ s hockey or school or whatever it might be, you always have someone you
It was the toughest year of my life. My Dad is still my biggest supporter and he often makes the drive from Dauphin to watch me play. We have each other
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