2019 Winter Games legacy features ‘Mitts for Many’ project
The legacy of the 2019 Canada Winter Games and Games prior was on full display this past weekend during a Canadian Women’s Hockey League matchup between the Calgary Inferno and Toronto Furies.
Played at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre, a legacy infrastructure project of the Games, the game featured Canada Games 17 between the two teams, including Furies captain Natalie Spooner, who represented Team Ontario in 2007 in Whitehorse.
“The Canada Games was a big step to getting to where I am now,” Spooner says. “It was my first experience in a games environment, cheering on athletes from different sports and being on a team bigger than just my hockey team.”
Spooner has since gone on to become an Olympic gold and silver medallist with Team Canada.