Life just hasn’t been the same without hockey, especially for one St. Albert family, since the postponement of many leagues due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Matt, Abby and Mike Benning all followed in their father’s footsteps, becoming not only top-level hockey players, but also defencemen.
So when the NHL postponed its season, and Hockey Canada put an end to all its programs, it rocked the Benning family. Of course for Matt, a defenceman for the Edmonton Oilers, his season was postponed last week.
Abby got handed a heavier toll. In her fifth and final year with the Alberta Pandas hockey team, the U Sports Championship in Prince Edward Island was cancelled the night before it was set to open.