{"id":39083,"date":"2017-10-20T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=39083"},"modified":"2017-11-15T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:16:44","slug":"manitoba-skater-follows-her-sister-to-sait-womens-hockey-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2017\/10\/20\/manitoba-skater-follows-her-sister-to-sait-womens-hockey-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba skater follows her sister, to SAIT women&#8217;s hockey roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">M<\/span>cKenna Oswald plays defence for the SAIT women\u2019s hockey team, and is looking to provide help for her new team.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>swald is from Waldersee, Man.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of five, she started playing on the lake behind her home, and her dad showed her the fundamentals of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad got us into it really early,\u201d she recalled in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>Before attending SAIT, she played for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralplainsfemalecapitals.com\/teams\/?u=CPFemaleAAAHockey&amp;s=hockey\">Central Plains Capitals<\/a>, a Midget AAA team where last season she played 43 games and contributed two assists.<\/p>\n<p>Her sister Elisha Oswald is in her second year playing goalie for the Trojans and is a health information management student. Before SAIT, Elisha played for the University of Manitoba Bisons.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna Oswald said that her sister was a big influence in recruiting her to come to SAIT and to play for the Trojans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sister was already here and it was cool getting away from growing up in a small town. Coming here was a lot different than playing for another team back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a great school, it\u2019s different, and they have a really good program here. It is a really exciting opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently McKenna Oswald is also enrolled in the health information management program because she is interested in the medical field.<\/p>\n<p>Her favourite hockey memory was two years ago, playing for the Central Plains Capitals. They got second place in their league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a pretty good memory,\u201d said McKenna Oswald.<\/p>\n<p>As a hockey player, she said she wants to get better every day, improve her skills, and try to fulfil her potential.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My dad got us into it really early. &#8211; McKenna Oswald<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Being the rookie on a new team can be kind of intimidating, she admits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been a bit nervous because I am new but I think I am doing okay. There is room for improvement for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>McKenna Oswald is a first year Defenceman for the SAIT women\u2019s hockey team, and is looking to provide help for her new team. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2017\/10\/20\/manitoba-skater-follows-her-sister-to-sait-womens-hockey-roster\/\" title=\"Manitoba skater follows her sister, to SAIT women&#8217;s hockey roster\">[ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":440,"featured_media":39115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S2 new opportunity for Trojans rookie","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-image","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sait-trojans-hockey","8":"post_format-post-format-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39083"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40350,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39083\/revisions\/40350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}