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34 w ww.insideHALTO N.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, February 2 , 2 0 1 7 | Q an d A w ith G ophers' A gnew The transition from high school to college is going w ell for Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey freshman Lindsay Agnew. The Oakville native recently moved from w ing to centre during her rookie season. How did you handle the pres sure of being one of the youngest players with Canada's National Women's Development Team at the Nations Cup? I played two years of under-18, so com ing in as a younger player I was pretty nervous, but the older veterans made me feel great. It was pretty cool playing w ith players like Sarah Davis w ho played here, as well. It was just an overall great experience. Were you the youngest player on the team? There were three of us born in 1998, so it was nice to have som e other younger players there, too. How did it feel to score two goals at the Nations Cup? I think I gained a lot of confidence from that tourney, and am bringing it back here. Hopefully I can build off of that. How have you handled the tran sition to college hockey? I think it was a transition coming from high school. I think I've been getting better every single game. I've been trying to. How has your game evolved since coming to the University of Minnesota? I think the biggest thing is shoot ing the puck more. That is som e thing Coach Frost keeps telling me. I think since I've gotten here my defensive play has really stepped it up a notch, and m y battle and com pete level, too. After a tough loss, how do you self evaluate? I think you have to take som e good things and bad things out of the game. We go over video and pick out mistakes. We also have to celebrate the good things that go on out there. -- courtesy U. o f M innesota Oakville's Rick Zeron (third from left) and his supporters celebrate Zeron's O'Brien Award for Horsemanship on Saturday night. Zeron's Mass Production was named Canada's two-year-old trotting colt of the year. | photo by Kelly Spencer - Iron Horse Photo Inc. Zeron, Mass Production win O'Brien Awards Oakville' s Rick Zeron took hom e two trophies when Standardbred Canada hosted the 2016 O'Brien Awards in Mississauga last Saturday Canada' s best in harness racing w as honoured in a num ber of categories at the 28th edition of the event. Zeron w on the Horsemanship Award and his twoyear-old trotting colt Mass Production was named two-year-old trotting colt of the year. Zeron continues to compete successfully as a train er and driver on the W oodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) circuit. Last year w hile w inning 116 races, he drove horses to almost $2.6 m illion in purse earn ings, w hile training horses that earned $1.7 million and w on 49 races. Mass Production, the Muscle Mass colt, w on five of nine races and more than $285,000 during his rookie campaign. Victories included four Ontario Sires Stakes w ins highlighted by a season' s best 1:54.4 stakes record effort in the OSS Super Final. b t v it t e r # Follow Halton sports on Twitter: @postbeaversport (Kevin Nagel, Burlington Post and Oakville Beaver sports editor) @miltononsports (Steve Leblanc, Milton Canadian Champion sports editor) @herbgarbutt (Post, Beaver, Champion sports reporter) Alpine Ski Boots 9 <2km Snow Removal Service Girls Winter Jacket 9 <4km Hockey Skates Racing Goggles TOP2^ CANADIAN IMMIGRANT Visit www.tradyo.com or download the free app. AppStore metroland media Buy U Sell · * Connuetad to your eow nunltv* ON NOW AT THE BRICK! 2017 NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN C a n a d a is a c o u n try oF im m igrants. C e le b ra te C a n a d a 's 1 50 th y e a r b y n o m in a tin g an in s p irin g im m ig ra n t, w h o has m ade a positive im p a c t in C a n a d a , fo r this coveted n a tio n a l a w a rd ! N e w ly in clude d this y e a r is o u r youth a w a rd to re co g n ize our outstanding Young im m igrants! Nominations Close Feb. 27, 2017 To Nom inate, Visit canadianimmigrant.ca/rbctop25 Title sponsor Presented by: Media sponsors Royal Bank m etr C A N A D IA N Focus. lien <7 IMMIGRANT