The Prairie Grit sled hockey team celebrates the championship at the National Hockey Festival

BLAINE, Minn. (KMOT) For the first time since the team’s inception, the Prairie Grit sled hockey team has won a championship trophy.

The team competed in the Sled Youth B division at the Hendrickson National Hockey Festival and finished undefeated in the pool.

The Prairie Grits split the Carolina Hurricanes’ B team in Saturday’s final pool game.

PG beat the Hurricanes 3-2 in Sunday’s championship game.

It was difficult for me when we lost 2-0 in the last game. “It was really hard for me to think positive thoughts, but then when my friend Aspen (Heisler) scored, it changed the momentum and we all went a lot harder,” said Palmer Thompson, who attends Our Redeemers Christian School.

Your news director visited a Prairie Grit sled hockey practice in April when the players’ teachers and mentors surprised the team and skated alongside them.

We just had to keep pushing, think positive and have fun,” Palmer said.

Prairie Grit offers opportunities for people of all abilities to play sports from basketball to golf to sled hockey.

For more information, visit the group’s website.

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