Eatonia Resident Inducted into

Hockey Hall of Fame

  

Oh what a night!!  On April 28, 2008 I was fortunate enough to get inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.  A big thanks goes out to Melanie Rudy who nominated me for the RBC Local Hockey Leaders award for volunteers of hockey and hockey rinks.  I can hardly believe that someone would take time to write an essay and answer questions about myself.  So a big thank-you to you, Mel.
To our recreation director, Nicole Galarneau, thank-you for your unlimited amount of time spent at the rink and setting up of meetings.  You always make me look good!  To Jason Hennes, Derek Galarneau, Brad Rudy and all the rest of the volunteers who always help put the ice in the rink you all never cease to amaze me.  Thank-you all!  To all the surrounding communities thank-you for your support in this special award for myself and my community.  To the RBC, thank-you for having such an award where our rink can benefit from the awarding of $10,000.00 in my name to the rink.  Thank-you to Luis Leon, RBC bank manager in Kindersley, for taking time out in your day to present me with this award.  To my Dad and Mom, thank-you for teaching me that being a volunteer always pays off.  To my brothers and sister, thank-you for letting me do what I do and leaving my job at home.  Last, but never least, to my wife Rhonda, children Steven and Randi, thank-you for letting me go to the rink at night to fix whatever it was that was wrong, putting on a flood for tomorrow and even missing your sports to fix the ice plant.  To all the little boys and girls that make me laugh at the rink each and every year this is why I do what I do.
So in closing thank-you to everyone that has impacted me in my life.  Keep your head up out there on the ice and remember whatever your are, be a good one.  THANK-YOU EATONIA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.  YOU ARE TOTALLY AWESOME!!!
 
Yours in hockey, Sam Somerville (HHOF)

More info. on this event can be found at www.rbclocalhockeyleaders.com