Hockey pride from Nunavut to Cornwall, Ont.
Arviat’s June Savikataaq takes to the ice Nov. 2 against the Ottawa Lady Senators. The 15-year-old Grade 11 student is in her second year at the Ontario Hockey Academy in Cornwall, Ont., and plays as a forward on the junior varsity team, an achievement that makes her father Joe Savikataaq Jr. proud. “Seeing my daughter playing hockey in southern Canada and attending high school makes me small as a mustard seed,” he said. (Photo courtesy of Joe Savikataaq Jr.)
Arviat’s June Savikataaq is doing well both on the ice and in the classroom at the Ontario Hockey Academy
(OHA) in Cornwall, Ont., according to her dad, Joe Jr.
Joe Jr. said his daughter, 15, is in Grade 11 and has adapted well to her new surroundings.
He said she caught the hockey bug from her big sister, Kadin, who went missing on Aug. 20, 2024.
“Kadin played one year in Winnipeg with the Winnipeg Twins while she attended high school there,” said Savikataaq.