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On Feb. 24, Free Press photographer John Woods climbed aboard with driver Roger Hamelin and the Steinbach Pistons for a MJHL road trip to Waywayseecappo First Nation.
Hamelin’s day began at 9:30 a.m. with a bus inspection at the Beaver Bus Lines depot in St. Boniface before travelling an hour south to get the team.
It was supposed to be a four-hour trip to Wawayseecappo, not including a scheduled pre-game meal in Neepawa. But by noon, the bus was stuck in a long convey of cars and semi-trucks at Headingley after the Trans-Canada Highway was closed for 3.5 hours.
Hamelin finally got the Pistons to their game, although it started two hours later than scheduled.
Following the 1-0 loss to the host Wolverines, the boys on the bus began their journey home, arriving safe and sound at 3 a.m. the following day.