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All-girls atom rep team gets ready for season

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The first all-girls atom rep team for Simcoe will be playing with the HERicanes organization this season.

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“Historically girls play boys or co-ed hockey until peewee and some of them move on to all girls hockey after that,” said Ryan Bonin.

There were all girls house league atom teams in the past, but never a rep team in Norfolk County.

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“For those girls that really wanted to play girls hockey there’s never really been a place for them to play in Norfolk County, they would go to Brantford, London, Ancaster, or somewhere else,” said Bonin, a parent of one of the girls on the team. “This year we said we’re going to give these girls a place to play at home, and we’re going to make an atom rep team happen.”

The team held an introduction to girls hockey in March, and tryouts in the spring.

The atom rep team is all ready to begin the season, minus a goalie.

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Bonin said there are plenty of talented female goalies around the county, but a lot of them have chosen to stay within co-ed hockey for this season.

They are hoping for someone willing to commit to the position for the entire season.

“We have a couple girls, and we’re super thankful, that are willing to be fill-in players so that we have goalies,” said Bonin. “But we’d really prefer to try to find a dedicated full-time goalie.”

The team is open to accepting an experienced goalie, or someone that has never been in net before but is eager to try it out.

There will be extra training, including goalie clinics, offered throughout the season.

astaylor@postmedia.com

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