Now a WHL assistant coach with the Saskatoon Blades, the former junior hockey star strives to be a role model for Indigenous youth.
Activate your Online Access NowRabbit, a standout with the 2007 Memorial Cup champion Vancouver Giants who’s coming through town this week as an assistant coach with the Saskatoon Blades, is from Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
He was a Vancouver Canucks fan as a kid. Pavel Bure was who he wanted to play like. Odjick was the person he wanted to be like.Article content “He was like me. It stuck in my head. I was going to cheer for him,” said Rabbit, who would develop a friendship with Odjick over the years, as did Rabbit’s parents.
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