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Young Tyee to show Canucks true heart Ten-year-old Matthew Block won the Save-On-Foods contest to skate tonight with his hockey heroes Paul Rudan Campbell RiveR miRRoR
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atthew Block’s heart will be racing with excitement when he skates with the Vancouver Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena. Next week though, doctors will clinically stress the heart of this 10-year-old Campbell River boy to determine if he requires surgery to correct a congenital defect. “To win this trip for Matthew to be with the Canucks is amazing,” says his mom Stefanie. “It makes us so happy to bring a little bit of joy into his life when he is going through and facing so much.” Block, a high-scoring forward on the Atom B rep hockey team, will don his Tyees’ jersey when he meets the members of his favourite NHL club after winning Save-On-Foods “Every Kids Dream” contest. He gets to skate in the warm-up and join the starters on the blue line for the singing of the national
anthems. It’s the first game back for the Canucks after the Olympic break and they’ll be taking on the St. Louis Blues. “It’s going to be great!” he says, his blue eyes already twinkling with anticipation. Block and his folks stopped by the grocery store on Friday to pick up their four tickets and $500 in spending money from Save-On Manager Dave Madiuk. “I don’t get to spend it all,” Block quickly points out, noting that most of it will be spent on the ferry and hotel. Cheering on Block will be his mom, dad Jim and older brother Kyle. Block is looking forward to every moment and he’s also hoping one of the players slips him a Vancouver jersey. He doesn’t have one, but on Friday he tried on a signed team jersey which Save-On is raffling off in support of BC Children’s Hospital. The significance was not lost on his folks who are grateful for the health care their son is receiving at BC Children’s and other hospitals. “He’s getting really good care… he’s the toughest and bravest kid… so brave,” says Stefanie. It looks as if she’s about to cry, but
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Scott Auramenko and his two boys, Hunter and Zackary (one’s hidden in this photo), catch some air on a jump at Willow Point Park on Monday afternoon. See more snow day photos on Page 3.
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