When 13-year-old Maksym Shtepa left Quebec City in February after playing alongside 17 Ukrainian players in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, he told his family he wanted to go back one day.
“It was a perfect trip,” said Maksym, speaking from Romania, where he has lived for the past year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He was part of a team that captured the hearts of Canadians, by participating in the tournament and playing in front of thousands in the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City.
Come August, his dream of returning will come true and he’ll be among six young Ukrainians moving to
