The Icelandic Canadian - 01.02.2007, Síða 29

Vol. 60 #4
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Laura Beth Fridfinnson
by Lorna Tergesen
Laura Fridfinnson
Laura Fridfinnson of Arborg is an
exceptionally talented hockey player.
Despite her young years she has already
accomplished a great deal.
Laura claims she began skating at age
three and by age six was playing hockey.
She loves the game. She would spend any
spare time she had playing on the driveway
with her brother Joel or others. From age
nine until fifteen Laura played on the
Arborg boys’ teams. She then traveled to
Stonewall, MB to play with the Stonewall
Girls Midget AA team. Her next move
was to the Senior AA University of
Winnipeg Club Team. She continued to
hone her skills and she was soon sought out
by the River East AA Girls team. Laura
was selected twice to play for “Team
Manitoba” in the Canadian National
Womens’ Hockey competition. In 2005,
the Manitoba team placed 5th and in 2006,
when she received the Most Valuable
Player award, Manitoba placed 4th. Both
of these tournaments were played in
Salmon Arm, BC.
Laura moved to Calgary to take her
Grade 12 at the National Sports School and
to play with the Calgary Oval Extreme,
which is part of the Western Women’s
Hockey League. Laura has remained with
this team though she now attends the
University of Calgary and is studying
Science.
This past summer (2006), Laura tried
out for Team Canada (under twenty two
years category) and won a spot on the
team. She will play in Germany with this
team in January 2007 in the Air Canada
Cup.
Laura is the daughter of Brian and
Heather (Sigurdson) of Arborg. Needless
to say the community of Arborg is very
proud of her.
We wish Laura great success in her
endeavours. Her winning personality and
abilites will take her far.
Editor’s Note: Announcing with plea-
sure the results of the 2006-07 National
Women's Under 22 Team are that Canada
won the Gold Medal. This was held in
Ravensburg, Germany on January 7/07.
Laura scored a goal in the game against
Switzerland.
Needless to say, her future looks
bright. Good wishes for continued suc-
cess.