Ukrainian peewee hockey team loses tournament but wins hearts
Disappointment ran deep for some of the teens who were hoping to win for their dads who are fighting in the war.Oleksii Shkrabak shared his sadness. “Our team is now upset but we had fun all of this tournament,” Shkrabak said.“They represented their country in this difficult situation. That is why they wanted to win so hard. We missed a couple of chances, and I don’t know, luck wasn’t on our side, unfortunately,” Pysarenko said. “But they fought until the end. And they didn’t give up.
The team is leaving Quebec on Monday, back to their sobering reality — but not without having won the hearts of an entire province and perhaps the world.— with files from the Canadian Press
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