The True Sport Foundation announced its Canadian Sport Award winners this week.\u00a0 The national organization honoring individuals like speed skater Christine Nesbitt and world and national figure skating champion Patrick Chan; also singled out an Ottawa hockey team.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Ottawa Senators Women\u2019s Bantam AA hockey team which is composed of all 14 year olds earned the Spirit of Sport Story of the Year for their resolve and bravery. Less than halfway through their 2010-2011 season one of the team\u2019s defensive players, Daron Richardson took her own life. The tragedy was overwhelming for the remaining 16 team members who instead of throwing in the towel hit the ice winning four gold and four silver medals in nine tournaments.\u00a0 The team then went on to take the silver medal at the provincial championships.<\/p>\n
In one report, the team\u2019s coach, Bruce MacDonald said that the girls didn\u2019t want to let Daron down and they knew that moving forward is what she would want them to do.\u00a0 He also said that the girls played with a level of sportsmanship that truly made him proud.<\/p>\n
These young ladies\u2019 dedication and desire did not end on the ice.\u00a0 Daron\u2019s teammates joined other volunteers to participate in the Do It for Daron (D.I.F.D.) campaign as well.\u00a0 D.I.F.D. is a youth-driven program that focuses on raising awareness and inspiring conversations centered on youth mental health.\u00a0 The organization was created by friends and family of Daron and is inspired by hope for a future where youth will reach out for help without shame or fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The True Sport Foundation announced its Canadian Sport Award winners this week.\u00a0 The national organization honoring individuals like speed skater Christine Nesbitt and world and national figure skating champion Patrick Chan; also singled out an Ottawa hockey team. \u00a0The Ottawa Senators Women\u2019s Bantam AA hockey team which is composed of all 14 year olds earned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,988,984],"tags":[1958,1956,1955,1954,1957],"class_list":["post-10763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-web","category-athlete","category-inspiration","tag-canadian-sport-award","tag-earns-spirit-of-sport-story-of-the-year","tag-girls-hockey-team","tag-ottawa","tag-true-sport-foundation"],"yoast_head":"\n