NEW GLASGOW
Jeff Green calls it a “win-win situation.”
The head coach of the Pictou County Peewee AAA Crushers, whose team spent the past two weekend helping out in the ice with four Pictou County Minor Hockey Association IP teams – five- and six-year-olds who might have been greatly impressed by the red Crusher jerseys the Peewee AAAs wore.
“The IP kids seemed to really look up to those guys, and our players were really good with them,” Green said.
It was all part of Chevrolet’s Good Deeds Cup, a Canada-wide initiative involving Peewee-aged teams across the nation; according to Green, more than 3,000 teams took part last year.
The Crushers broke out into groups of four or five over the two weekends, working with IP teams when they held practices at rinks in Thorburn, Pictou, Stellarton, as well as the Pictou County Wellness Centre.
“We got excellent response from our own parents, and parents of the (IP) kids,” said Green.
“And you know what? You never know how these things are going to go, but I was extremely pleased with how it all went down. It speaks to the quality of the kids – they’re good kids, good people.”
After one of the sessions, the Peewee AAAs asked if they could stay on the ice to help out with another IP team that was having a practice.
Some of the parents have taken video footage of the practices and they hope to take the footage and whittle it down to a one-minute video, which will be submitted to the Good Deeds Cup organizers in order to demonstrate their experiences.
Green added that the team hopes to make arrangements for more work in the community during the months of January and February.
According to the official website for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup, the winning team will receive the following:
• $15,000 to the charity of the team’s choice
• National recognition with a feature on broadcast television
• A winner’s ceremony in the team’s hometown
• The team name engraved on the Good Deeds Cup
• A summer skate with a Chevrolet Hockey Ambassador
