B次元官网网址淟ast night, we honoured those who have bravely faced cancer and stood with them as #HockeyFightsCancer,B次元官网网址� wrote the Vancouver Canucks social media team on Thursday, Nov. 30, the day after a home game against the Anaheim Ducks.
8-year-old Weston Ireton, a local athlete that plays for the Port Hardy Hawks who was diagnosed with leukemia when he was just two-years-old, was one of a handful of cancer survivors who were invited to attend the Canucks versus Ducks game on Wednesday night, getting to hit the ice with the teams.
Weston and his family arrived at the arena around 6 p.m., where he went down to the dressing room with the Canucks handlers and put on his Hawks gear for the game that was scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Adam Ireton and his wife Kristen werenB次元官网网址檛 with their son on the ice, they were watching the game from the stands.
It was B次元官网网址渢otally overwhelming,B次元官网网址� Adam said while describing the experience of getting to see Weston on the ice at Rogers Arena. There were B次元官网网址渓ots of happy tears.B次元官网网址�
Weston was the first one to leave the tunnel and join the hockey clubs for the the pre-event puck drop ceremony.
Adam said Weston was B次元官网网址減retty nervous to start, he wasnB次元官网网址檛 sure what he was going to have to do, he thought he might have to go out there and actually skate a warm up with the Canucks, but once we talked him through it he was pretty excited to be out there with the other kids.B次元官网网址�
As for how he ended up being invited to the game, Adam said WestonB次元官网网址檚 oncologist Rod Rassekh is B次元官网网址渁 really big Canucks fan, so he invited Weston to participate when he found out about the event in early October.B次元官网网址�
This is WestonB次元官网网址檚 first season getting to play organized hockey, and heB次元官网网址檚 been loving the experience so far.
B次元官网网址淗e wanted to learn how to skate first, so he went through a B次元官网网址榣earn to skateB次元官网网址� program last year,B次元官网网址� said Adam. B次元官网网址淗e actually quit that halfway through the season because heB次元官网网址檇 learned enough, so this is now his first year playing.B次元官网网址�
WestonB次元官网网址檚 older brother Beckett plays for the U11 North Island Eagles rep team, and he was one of WestonB次元官网网址檚 earliest inspirations to pick up the sport.
B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 been watching Beckett play for years now, so heB次元官网网址檚 been really excited to get in there and follow in his footsteps,B次元官网网址� laughed Adam. B次元官网网址淲eston is only playing half ice right now because heB次元官网网址檚 U9, but he thinks heB次元官网网址檚 a goal scorer, so thatB次元官网网址檚 his plan.B次元官网网址�
As for WestonB次元官网网址檚 battle with cancer, his oncologist and nurse recently fired him because heB次元官网网址檚 two years out of treatment now.
B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 on to a different level of care where he doesnB次元官网网址檛 need his oncologist anymore, which is good news, and heB次元官网网址檚 doing really well,B次元官网网址� said Adam. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 just a regular kid who gets to do whatever he wants now. HeB次元官网网址檚 turning into a great little guy, curious, adventurous, talkative, has tons of friends, enjoys going to school, and he really loves to draw and is into music.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淭hanks again to the Canucks and to the NHLB次元官网网址檚 Hockey Fights Cancer night.B次元官网网址�
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