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She was asked to try out for the team after scouts saw her play for the Napa Ice in Prince Albert.

Hobson said that she isn’t nervous about playing with the boys, she’s been playing on boys teams since she was four years old.

Four players from Saskatchewan were asked to try out but only Hobson made the cut.

Larry Henry coached Hobson when she was younger and is a friend of her family.

He said that Hobson is a very special athlete and that he thinks she will represent Canada in the Olympics when she is of age.

“I think that someday in the future Brooke will be Saskatchewan’s answer to Hayley Wickenheiser,” he said.

The Hobson family’s winter revolves around hockey – she has two brothers, one sister and all four of them play hockey.

She says it can get crazy during hockey season, “my parents are always driving around everywhere in the winter.”

Her mother, Debbie Hobson, is proud of Brooke’s success in her hockey career.

“Well it’s exciting for her to play at the best level she can play… she’s going to be able to see some exciting places in the world as she gets older,” said Debbie.

Hockey can be a very expensive sport, especially having four kids on the ice.

Henry, who is also a local business owner, has decided to help the Hobsons out by donating 10 per cent of the sales in his store Playa Sol from Feb. 3 to Feb. 5 to Brooke’s trip.

Henry believes in Hobson’s ability and said that “these opportunities don’t come around very often,” so he wanted to make sure he helped her out.

The Western Canada Selects will be playing in exhibition games and a tournament in Europe during the Easter break in April.

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by Lisa Schick

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