July's Featue Hockey Story
Update on René Faucher from Reflections & Deflections
This article was published last month in the Ottawa Citizen updating the condition of Ottawa’s René Faucher. For those of you who do not recognize the name, René Faucher is a recreational hockey player in Ottawa who was left paralyzed after he hit a rut in the ice and crashed into the end-boards at a local pick-up hockey game at Ottawa University.
Faucher has been a true inspiration not only to the hockey community but the City of Ottawa in general as he has maintained an optimistic and positive attitude throughout his whole ordeal. I cannot even imagine experiencing the trials and tribulations that Faucher has been forced to deal with in the last few months. No one could have anticipated such a disastrous result from playing a friendly game of pick-up hockey, especially considering Faucher is a father of three young children and did not have insurance at the time of the accident.
Ottawa has really come together as a community in support of Faucher as many tournaments, raffles and events have been organized in hopes of raising as much money for the Faucher family as possible. No matter which event or function the public has attended they all walk away amazed at the positive outlook and attitude Faucher has maintained since the accident.
On behalf of CARHA Hockey I would like to wish René and his entire family the best of luck, you are truly an inspiration to all of us.
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