New York Islanders prospect Kashawn Aitcheson is about to live out a dream that’s been stitched into countless Canadian winters — the World Junior Championship, Boxing Day hockey, and the chance to wear the maple leaf when the spotlight is brightest.
“It’s a tournament that you watch growing up every single Boxing Day with your family through the holidays,” Aitcheson told the New York Post in a phone interview with beat reporter Ethan Sears. “It becomes a dream of yours to one day represent your country on a really big stage.