A pair of Huskie ladies’s hockey gamers are coming dwelling with gold medals from the FISU World University Winter Games.
Defenceman Isabella Pozzi and goaltender Camryn Drever from the University of Saskatchewan squad had been a part of Team Canada that downed Japan 5-0 within the gold medal recreation on Saturday in Lake Placid, New York.
“It was unimaginable,” stated Drever of the expertise. “It actually felt so lengthy, however so quick on the similar time, and simply the connection and the best way that the group bonded. It simply made it really feel like a house away from dwelling.”
Pozzi, who was an assistant captain on the group, stated it was an expertise of a lifetime.
“Winning the gold medal is correct on the high,” Pozzi stated, including assembly all the gamers and coaches from throughout the nation made it much more memorable.
“Sharing this expertise with all of them was very particular and that is one thing that I’ll always remember.”
Camryn Drever (left) and Isabella Pozzi (proper) exhibit their gold medals from the FISU World University Winter Games. (Rich Abney/Huskie Athletics)
Canada went undefeated within the event scoring 42 objectives whereas giving up simply three.
In the gold medal recreation it took till late within the first interval for Canada to attain, however after that the sport was by no means unsure.
It’s the primary time in a decade that Canada has gained gold within the occasion.
University of Saskatchewan Huskies Isabella Pozzi and Camryn Drever congratulate one another after a Team Canada win towards Great Britain through the FISU World University Winter Games. (Rich Abney/Huskie Athletics)
Drever stated she obtained into the spirit of taking part in in Lake Placid — the location of the Miracle on Ice when the U.S. males’s group gained Olympic gold — on the flight there.
“I had by no means watched the film Miracle till the airplane experience there. My roommate, Kennedy Brown, she loves that film and instructed me to look at it earlier than I went there.
“And actually, it was so inspiring. And simply to have the ability to be in that rink was tremendous cool.”
Drever stated firstly of their first skate, head coach Greg Bowles lined them up on the finish of the rink and had them skate as much as the road.
“Then he requested one in all our teammates, I believe it was Maria. He was like, Maria, what’s your identify and who do you play for [mimicking a scene from the movie]? And then simply type of made that little Miracle quote and yeah, it was fairly particular.”
Team Canada sings the nationwide anthem after downing Japan 5-0 within the gold medal recreation in Lake Placid, N.Y. (Rich Abney/Huskie Athletics)
The fifth-year training scholar from Edmonton stated it was incredible with the ability to share this expertise on Team Canada together with her Huskie teammate Pozzi.
“I could not have picked a greater teammate,” Drever stated.
“Just going method again to Hockey Alberta camps and taking part in towards her in midget, and now with the ability to develop collectively the final 4, 5 years as teammates and folks and college students.
“I’m so comfortable for her to have the ability to put on the letter A with the Team Canada jersey and proudly put on that gold medal round her neck.”
Pozzi echoed these sentiments.
“There’s nobody else on my group that I’d have wished to go there with and for us to each be capable to expertise it collectively and convey dwelling a gold medal collectively was tremendous particular and thrilling, and one thing I’m going to recollect eternally.”
