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Indigenous players help #Connecticut hockey squad win minor pro championship

Tobias Odjick, a 22-year-old forward with the Danbury Hat Tricks, and a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec, along with rookie forward Daniel McKitrick, an Inuk from Coral Harbour, Nunavut, celebrated May 14 after winning the Federal Prospects Hockey League championship.

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Indigenous players help Connecticut hockey squad win minor pro championship

The 2022-23 hockey season had its share of ups and downs for Tobias Odjick. The 22-year-old forward, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec, broke his jaw and lost a handful of teeth during his third game of the season with the Danbury Hat Tricks, a minor pro squad in Connecticut. When he was ready to return to action, Odjick’s father Gino, one of the most popular Indigenous players that played in the National Hockey League, died in early January.

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Gino Odjick, beloved former Vancouver Canucks enforcer, dead at 52

On the ice, Gino Odjick was known as one of the toughest players in the NHL, always ready to drop the gloves and stick up for his teammates.

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