Port Alberni’s Forbes, Blace named to Team BC rosters – Alberni Valley News

April 25, 2024

Two athletes from the Alberni Valley have been named to Team BC teams heading to the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, May 5–11 on Treaty 8 territory in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Wyatt Blace of Crofton, a forward with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the B.C. Hockey League, was named to the male roster, and athletic trainer Daley Forbes from the Port Alberni Bombers in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League was named to the female roster. Blace and the Bulldogs are competing in the BCHL Coastal Conference semifinals.

Forbes, from Hesquiaht First Nation, says the opportunity gives her a chance to give back to her community “and embrace culture with sports.”

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