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The 10-year-old from Edmonton, Alta., has been visiting Vancouver with his parents, Charlene and Trevor, to watch Team Canada make a run at world junior champions.
But along the way, as the team of young men fought to win each game, Grayson had his own personal mission: collect as many pucks from the players on ice as possible.
Grayson told Black Press Media his plan for pucks originated last year during the 41st world juniors in Montreal. But no matter how hard he tried to get the playerssa国际传媒� attention, the pucks werensa国际传媒檛 being thrown in his direction.
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During this yearsa国际传媒檚 championship in Vancouver and Victoria, Grayson came prepared. With a dozen poster boards, each with a message translated in French, German, Danish and others, Grayson has managed to collect 24 pucks.
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Out of all the Vancouver-based matches, the only team Grayson couldnsa国际传媒檛 grab a puck from was Team USA.
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So whatsa国际传媒檚 a kid to do with 40 junior championship pucks? The Boe family will be building a special cabinet for each one to be on display.
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ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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