Broomball World Championships an uphill battle for Warriors
The Saulteaux Warriors broomball team faced a number of obstacles the 2016 World Broomball Championships last week in Regina.
The week before the tournament, a few key players had to back out, some because of injury and some because of other commitments. Many of the players they took as replacements hadn’t played competitive broomball before. During the tournament they also faced injuries to key veteran players.
With a largely inexperienced roster, and one that was fairly depleted by the end, the result was only one win in the tournament. But, as Warriors goaltender Sean Fauchon made clear in a phone interview on Wednesday, it was still a great opportunity to partake in.
“Didn’t really turn out that way we wanted it to but overall it was still a great experience for everyone,” Fauchon said. “It is what it is and you can’t really change anything. It sucked that we ended up only going with one veteran line to start with and then taking on the injuries really hurt us.”