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It doesn’t matter if she’s sporting skates or trainers, all Clarington’s Rylee Patfield wants is a hockey stick.
The 17-year-old Courtice resident not too long ago signed a hockey scholarship to attend Put up College in Waterbury, Conn.
She’s additionally one in all 20 gamers chosen to play for Canada on the U-20 Ball Hockey Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia from June 27 to July 3.
A scholar at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary College in Courtice, Rylee is a Clarington Flames alumna and presently performs as a ahead for the Toronto Junior Aeros.
“I’ve all the time wished to play D1 (Division 1) hockey. It’s all the time been a dream of mine. This chance occurred not too way back. I obtained a suggestion to go there on Dec. 31. Put up College has an amazing campus. They've small class sizes, which I actually like. The coach is admittedly good,” she mentioned.
She’ll be finding out sports activities administration.
Rylee is a veteran of ball hockey, taking part in for the Oshawa Ball Hockey Affiliation and performed on three provincial champions with the Oshawa Stampede.
“I’ve most likely been skating since I used to be three or 4. For ball hockey, I began once I was about 12. I find it irresistible. It’s one thing to do over the summer time to maintain me going,” Rylee famous.
Ball hockey is the tougher of the 2 video games due to the operating, she mentioned.
She was chosen to go to a tryout camp.
“It’s fairly the chance to have,” she mentioned of travelling to Slovenia.
Rylee can also be an assistant teacher for Scary Skate.