Summerside sisters look out for each other while keeping hockey players in check
CBC
If 13-year-old Kryssa-Lee Yeo was nervous about missing an offside or icing call while working as a linesperson for a girls hockey game in Summerside on Sunday, she needn't worry.
Her sisters have her back.
That's because they were on the ice too — 14-year-old Cassidy as the other linesperson and 16-year-old Brae-Lynn as the referee.
"We just look out for each other a lot. Like, we really see each other out there," Brae-Lynn said.
While Kryssa-Lee, the least experienced of the three, said it is great to have her sisters by her side, Brae-Lynn said it doesn't mean they'll go easy on each other.
"I think that just comes with being siblings, like there's no getting around it. We'll definitely be yelling at each other, like, 'Get over there' and all that."
Brae-Lynn said her love of hockey continues to grow every time she steps on the ice either as a player or a referee, and it's even more special when she can share that joy with her sisters.
"My whole world just shifts every time I'm on the ice. It just makes me so happy when I'm out there skating."
Brae-Lynn has been climbing the officiating ranks on P.E.I. She was invited to officiate at the Atlantic Challenge Cup in Moncton last month, where she worked games with players her own age and older.
She said it's "awesome" to ref a game with her sisters, and hopes it inspires other girls to get involved in officiating.
"We need more female refs," she said. "There's nothing wrong with the guys, don't get me wrong — but it's more special to have, like, an all-girl team working with all-girl players."
Scott Gaudet, the director of officiating for Summerside Minor Hockey Association, said it's not something you see often.
"We're so proud of the Yeo sisters and to have them, the three of them on the same ice surface … it's a rare occasion, but we're so proud to be part of it."
And as for Kryssa-Lee, she just wants to enjoy the moment before seeing her siblings at home again after the game.
All public schools on P.E.I. are closed Friday and thousands of Maritime Electric customers are without power as strong winds create hazardous travel conditions across the province.
Prince Rupert, B.C., residents are celebrating the holidays this year with coastal flair.
In the four years Chelsey Simmonds has worked at the Eva Rothwell Centre, she has seen the need increase every year at the centre’s community food pantry.
CBC is once again looking to make the holiday season kind in Windsor-Essex.
Acute Care Alberta has extended its contract for another year with a private surgical facility at the centre of probes into health procurement and contracting.
As food bank use continues to climb across the province, front-line workers in Thunder Bay, Ont., are working to improve both food security and education.
More ads could soon be coming to Toronto’s subway system.
The driver wanted in connection with a fatal hit and run on Highway 401 earlier this week has been identified, police say.
There are mixed feelings about the proposed Grays Bay road and port project, among people who live in nearby communities.
WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse and includes graphic content.
Provincial police in Lambton County have charged a 23-year-old man with second degree murder following a death investigation that began this past Saturday.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is forming a working group to tackle what it calls systemic issues in the justice system, but answers or solutions could still be months away.
A woman has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death in a 2024 fatal hit and run in Truro, N.S., where the victim was dragged down the street, a case that went unsolved for more than six months.