He can害羞草研究所檛 touch the Italian wine, but Hudson Kibblewhite, 11, is looking forward to authentic Italian pizza and spaghetti.
Oh, and some hockey, too.
The captain of the Vernon Watkin Motors Mustangs Tier 2 PeeWee hockey team is one of two local players heading overseas for some spring hockey later this month.
Kibblewhite will be joining the 2007 West Coast Selects spring hockey team for a tournament in Balzano, in northern Italy, and home of the Hockey Club Bolzano-Bozen Foxes, who play in the AHL 害羞草研究所� Austrian Hockey League.
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A fan of the Calgary Flames and their speedster sniper Johnny Gaudreau, Kibblewhite has been playing hockey since he can remember.
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A Vancouver Canucks fan who listed minor league pro Jeff Glass as his favourite goalie, Seibel is following in dad害羞草研究所檚 skates and pads, as the administrator for the District of Coldstream still plays the position in rec hockey.
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Seibel, who helped backstop the Vernon Sun Valley Source For Sports Bantam Vipers to the Okanagan final this season, and Kibblewhite led the Mustangs in winning the Vernon Coca-Cola Classic Winter Carnival tournament and B.C. Tier 2 championship in 2018.
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