\u0022When they go back to their country or wherever they\u0027re coming from, they will say, \u0027there were 15,000 people cheering, wearing white shirts for peace.\u0027 \u0022
The team of 11- and 12-year-olds landed in Montreal before being bused to the provincial capital ahead of next week’s Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament, which has been attended in the past by all-time greats such as Wayne Gretzky and Guy Lafleur.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But he hopes they’ll leave the tournament with lifelong memories and the belief that “anything is possible.”Twelve-year-old Maksym Kukharenko, whose hometown is Kyiv, has been living in the Czech Republic. He said the trip to Canada was “very long,” but that he’s excited to play.His teammate, also named Maksym, said the tournament is “a chance for us to show ourselves to other teams in America, in Canada.
At least one boy is originally from Kherson, which spent months under Russian occupation, and others are from Odesa, which has been bombed. Patrick Dom, the general manager of the tournament, said the last few months have been a “roller-coaster of emotions,” filled with doubts about whether the team would make it.
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