I worked in junior hockey for seven years and did hundreds of these trips in the BCHL and WHL. Bus drivers have to drive in some of the most miserable conditions just about every weekend for six months of the year. I had one driver in the WHL who white-knuckled it just about every trip home because he was terrified of hitting an animal or worse (thankfully the worst that happened to us was we hit an elk outside Sparwood one night).
The hockey community is a small and resilient one, and it is encouraging to see the level of support being offered the survivors and loved ones of the deceased from that community and beyond after everyone's worst nightmare came true.
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