Six Nations hockey youngster to represent Canada at Austrian international hockey tournament

Six Nations’ own Rato’ratseriio Hill will be on a Canadian hockey team that will compete at an Austrian tournament next June. (Photos courtesy Wayne Hill)

By Sam Laskaris Writer A young Six Nations hockey player will be getting a taste of international hockey in Austria next June. Rato’ratseriio Hill, a nine-year-old, has been named to a Canadian under-11 boys’ team that will participate in the United World Games in the Austrian city of Klagenfurt. Rato’ratseriio is a Grade 4 student at Skaronhyase’ko:wa Everlasting Tree School in Ohsweken. And he’s currently playing hockey with the Norfolk Knights, an under-10 A squad that competes in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA). He had spent last season with the Brantford 99ers, who also take part in the OMHA. Rato’ratseriio’s hockey career started when he joined a Brantford-based program when he was just three years old. “For an opportunity to come like this, we’re really excited,” said Hill’s father…

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