DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (Hansard) Thursday, April 19, 2007
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J. Horgan: As we prepare to watch the Sedin brothers play hockey this evening, I want to advise the House about two brother combos in my constituency, both championship families. The first family is the Hammond family, and brothers Mike and Gary, who were on the Junior B provincial championship Victoria Cougars this is past spring. Both young men I've watched grow from children into not just good hockey players but outstanding individuals.

The second family is the Carveth family, again on the Junior B championship Cougars. Karl Carveth finished with an MVP performance in the championship this spring held at Esquimalt's Archie Browning arena. Karl finished his junior career filling the net, just as he did when he started.

The last brother. Although it's unique to have brothers on the same team winning championships, in the case of the Carveths we have two brothers on two different championship teams. The second brother, Ryan — or Fuzzy, as I've been calling him since he was about eight years old — was an integral part of the midget triple-A Juan de Fuca Grizzlies, provincial champions who, as they did in every tournament they played in, rolled over the provincial competition in Kelowna this past spring.

I have to just remind those who are watching at home, and in particular the Carveth family, that when I first had the occasion to be with Fuzzy, he was an eight-year-old skinny kid standing at the doorway ready to go on the floor for a Canadian championship game. He said: "Coach, my legs are shaking too much. I don't think that I can even skate." I remember picking him up by the shoulder pads, putting him on the floor and pushing him out and saying: "You'll be fine."

Well, he was fine then, and he's certainly fine now. So would the House please join me and join the families in Langford, the Carveths and the Hammonds, and congratulate B.C. champions in Malahat–Juan de Fuca.