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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Terrifying childhood disease can't keep hockey player from stardom
ITHACA, N.Y. (WROC) — Before you get to the ice at Lynah Rink at Cornell University, you pass by those who made that ice something special. You see the greats who went on to play in the NHL, the Olympics, and more. Rory Guilday, who pulled in a gold medal with the U.S. national team in the Women's World Championships, is one of the more recent additions to this hallowed hall.'It's kind of just a reminder of where I've been and where I am now,' Guilday is now on an elite team that Coach Doug Derraigh took to the Frozen Four this season.'I'd say she's one of the best defensemen in the world,' Derraugh said. 'I've never seen a player with a shot like hers, that's physically as strong as her.'As for where Rory has been, for that we head to Minnetonka Middle School West in Minnesota, back when Rory was in 7th grade, when one of those routine eye tests revealed a problem.'I got an MRI. It looked like I had a swollen nerve in my eye. The tumor was like this,' Rory said while holding her hand up to her eye to demonstrate. 'Very last day of 7th grade they're like, you need to start chemotherapy because we don't know want it to affect your other eye.'Right as Rory was showing her potential — her strength was stolen.'When I'd step on the ice, I'd feel extremely unstable because my ankles couldn't really hold me up,' she as she watched the vision in her right eye vanish.'Because I was so young and probably naïve that I didn't even think much of it,' Rory said. 'I just loved the game. I just wanted to be with my friends and I just loved sports so much and I had incredible coaches that allowed me to take a break if I needed to and if I wasn't feeling it that day, they'd be like, yeah, go for it, do what you've got to do. And I think my support system got me through it, no doubt … That's when I started working out and that's been a huge factor in my success.' By the time Coach Derraugh discovered her, Rory's strength had returned, while her eyesight in her one eye had not.'The body is kind of cool, just kind of takes over and I don't really notice it unless I close my left eye,' she said. 'A lot of times I totally forget about it, I'm like, OK, which side is it that she has trouble with the vision? And she never talks about it, she never uses it for any kind of excuse for anything,' Derraugh silent drive, Derraugh says, is what makes where she's been and where she is now all the more exceptional.'She is somebody that if I had a young girl, I'd want her to aspire to be like Rory Guilday,' Derraugh said. 'And not simply because of the athlete that she is, but in everything that she does.'This gets us to what Rory will do. Expect her to get drafted into the new Professional Women's Hockey League. She might even make the Olympic team next year. But also expect her to stay her.'It's less about the accolades for me and just more about the experiences with my teammates and being part of the national team has led me to many cool places of the world and very thankful for those experiences, but mostly just being surrounded by such incredible people and athletes is more than I could ever ask for,' she any honor should also belong to that big team that appears along her own wall of just the way she sees it. Photo credit: John O'Donnell Video credit: Cooper Brannon and Evan Volkman Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Winnipeg's rock history put on the map as road gets honorary Bachman-Turner Overdrive name
A stretch of Winnipeg's Disraeli Freeway has been given an honorary name to celebrate an iconic Canadian band that helped put Winnipeg on the rock 'n' roll map. The southernmost portion of street, running off Main Street, was officially given the commemorative name Bachman-Turner Overdrive during an unveiling ceremony on Friday morning. Last year, city council's property committee passed a motion by Mynarski Coun. Ross Eadie asking for the renaming in honour of the band's contributions to the music industry, and frontman Randy Bachman's work "putting Winnipeg on the map during his continuing career." As the city officially put up the signs with the new honorary name on an unseasonably cold morning, the celebrated guitarist offered thanks for "the very appropriate weather." "It's the reason I left Winnipeg," said Bachman, laughing. "But I love coming back.… It was great growing up here. Rock 'n' roll was great," said Bachman, who rose to fame in the 1960s as the guitarist with another famed Winnipeg band, The Guess Who, before going on to form Bachman-Turner Overdrive in the city in 1973 with his brothers, Robbie and Tim Bachman, along with Fred Turner. Another Bachman brother, Gary, managed the band in its early days. The band, inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2014, produced hits such as Takin' Care of Business and You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. As he thanked the city for the honorary renaming, Randy Bachman paid tribute to his brothers — Tim and Robbie, who died just a few months apart in 2023, and Gary, who died in 2020. "Gary Bachman, Tim, Robbie.… They're gone, but this will live on," Bachman said. Band member Fred Turner was also on hand for the ceremony. "I didn't think this would ever happen, to tell you the truth," he said. "I can't tell you what it means … especially because I came home." Winnipeg's music scene, Turner said, has always been filled with talented artists, a spawning ground that gave his band the tools to take their songs to an international stage. "When I was a kid, I hoped. It was always a dream to do this," said Turner. "How many people have a childhood dream that becomes real?" Matt Derraugh, a born and raised Winnipeg drummer and Bachman–Turner Overdrive fan who attended Friday's public ceremony, said the band laid the groundwork for performers like him. "Just seeing where they took [their music] to … and how far you can take it to, that is definitely an inspiring piece," he said. The band's records encapsulated Winnipeg's "grit and grime," Derraugh said, capturing its essence in their lyrics. "The great heritage of music, what we have here in BTO, is absolutely an essential part of that, and it's essential for me," Derraugh said. Like Derraugh, BTO formed part of the soundtrack of Ronnie Ladobruk's childhood. The Winnipeg guitarist, who was at the unveiling ceremony, studied the band's record to learn how to play and create his own music. "Freddy's voice, Randy's voice, the guitar playing, the bass, drumming — everything is just incredible," he said. "It's next level. It's powerful." He said the honorary name brings a sense of pride, as well as a reminder of how much can be accomplished when someone dedicates their life to their craft, like BTO did. "It's very inspiring to see them recognized," he said. "They set the bar and they set the road, and we walk down it. We try to forge our own names and our own road," he said. "You can see what's possible if you just keep going."
