PROFILE
SHANE BIGOURDIN
HOCKEY BEATS CANCER
BY JOHN PLOSZAY Photos by Jeff Miller
SHANE BIGOURDIN IS BACK . That might not mean much to the average hockey fan , but to Bigourdin , his family , his teammates with the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League ’ s St . James Canucks and the entire Canucks organization , it is the end – everyone hopes – to an ordeal that most junior hockey players will never have to endure .
Bigourdin isn ’ t a big goal scorer , he ’ s not going to the NHL and the chances of him ever making millions from the game are not even slim , but on Sunday afternoon , Dec . 2 , 2017 , this 19-year-old won the biggest game of this or any other year .
He came back . He looked cancer square in the eye and fought his way back to the game . Before his return this month , Bigourdin last played a hockey game in February 2017 . He had begun to get strangely fatigued while playing . He always seemed to be out of breath . After a number of visits to his family
108 | GAME ON | DECEMBER 2017