Spooner, a Team Canada veteran, gave birth to son, Rory, in December. She was back on skates four weeks later.
She saw plenty of it in the opener against Switzerland on Wednesday. Her goal loosened up what had been a nervy start for the Canadians, and they took it over from that point on, rolling to a comfortable 4-0 win. At the start of the second period, Spooner found Jamie Lee Rattray in front of goal from the corner before Rebecca Johnston scooped in the eventual rebound, giving the new mom an assist and a two-point night.
“I tip my hat to her, it’s amazing,” Poulin said with a grin. “You could see our reaction on the bench, we were all so happy for her. It’s not an easy role for her, but the way she’s handling it, the work she’s put in, having little Rory with us, it’s quite amazing.”Article content “Obviously there were so many unknowns,” Spooner says of the process. There was the pregnancy itself, then childbirth, then a recovery and training program that saw her return to the ice four weeks after Rory was born. “But I just kept pushing and luckily it was enough.”Article content
“Just to get back out there even with my teammates, I was having a blast and, obviously, playing with Filly and Nurse is so much fun,” Spooner said.
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