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and with the offer still out there from Norwich, I decided it would be
a good place to play.”
He couldn’t be happier. Even though he was a healthy scratch for all
but nine games in his sophomore year, he had no complaints.
“They have a big winning tradition her,” said Robertson who, like
Lewis, is a Business Management Major. “They always have a top
team in Division III. As far as D-3 schools go, this is about the best
they have to offer. I came here because I wanted to win a national
I don’t know if this will
ever settle in with me or any
of the guys. Winning a national
championship at any level is a
big deal
championship and while I only got into nine game, we have a vet-
eran team with 10 seniors and a good freshman class. I’m not worried
about myself next season. I’ll play, I’m not concerned. We won that
national championship. That was the key. I found other ways to help
the team. I was with the guys all the time and I was never going to be
that who complains all the time, who’s always negative. I just thought
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it was important to be a good teammate.
“But I also love it here. It really feels like home. I get treated very
well. I’m going to stay put.”
Robertson comes from a farm family in Boissevain, Man. Born in
Scotland, he moved to Canada at four and grew up on a Dairy Farm
that now grows soy beans, wheat, barley and peas. His mom and dad
saw that all the other kids were playing hockey, so they immediately
registered him at the local community club.
“My parents gave me the chance to play,” he said. “I played all
my minor hockey for the Boissevain Border Kings and then played
two years of high school hockey for the Boissevain Broncos. Then
in Grade 12, I played a year of Provincial Triple A midget with the
Southwest Cougars. After that I played five games with Steinbach at
17 and then went to the Estevan Bruins in the Saskatchewan League
for 2 1/2 years.”
At 20, he was dealt to Portage and then during that same season
he was traded again, this time, back to Steinbach. Then it was off to
Norwich and this past season’s
wild ride.
“I don’t know if this will ever
settle in with me or any of the
guys. Winning a national cham-
pionship at any level is a big
deal. We finished the season
winning 25 straight games, a
school record.
“This was a really cool expe-
rience.” n