<div align="center">Interview with Sophia Bennett</div>

You've been in the SMJHL for two seasons, entering your third, what advice would you have for a rookie? How was it for you in your rookie season?
My advice to the rookies would be just have fun and play your game it’s a big jump coming into such an elite league but if you try your hardest and continue your training you’ll succeed and hopefully move onto the SHL. I had a pretty good rookie season on a personal level winning RoTY but it was a pretty tough season for us finishing at the bottom of the league. The only thing that was keeping me going was my teammates, we were full of rookies with very little veteran presence so trying to figure our way around the league was a little tough. I think having a tough season like that brought out the best in all of us so I don’t regret it one bit and I’m actually thankful for it.

Are there any special pregame rituals you have?
I always make sure to have a nap and I usually try to make it at the same time every day. I take the same route to all of our home games and I’m always the first to bring out the sewer ball. I don’t think I’ve ever missed a game of ball before any game since I started hockey.

What are your favorite things to do in between training and games?
I love sleeping and eating so those are probably my favorite things to do lol….I enjoy going to the beach to relax and I recently started to like to golf. As a team we do quite a bit together lately and have been trying new things...that's been one of my favorite things.