Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay
My Neighbor
Submitted by Marco Chiappetta, Thunder Bay, ON
He was my neighbor for nearly 12 years. As I was growing, I didn't like hockey, but as I got older I started to like it. I started to like it when my parents told me a certain Peter Cava was our neighbor. I had always known Peter Cava for being my neighbor and a hockey player on the Lakehead University Thunderwolves, but what I didn't know was that he was almost like a pro hockey player like Eric Staal. I didn't find this out until he was no longer my neighbor. I found out he was not just any neighbor, but he was a neighbor that played hockey in the AHL, OHL, ECHL, CHL, CIS, WPHL, and UHL. I was also informed not to long ago that he was drafted 110th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1996 NHL entery draft but never played with Leafs, but he did play with their AHL team, the S.T. John's Maple Leafs. When he returned to play hockey in Thunder Bay with the Thunderwolves in 2004-2005, it seemed to be Peter last year of hockey. It was because he chose to become a teacher in Thunder Bay after a wild career of hockey. To me Peter Cava was an inspiration to hockey. I don't see him much, but when I do he is in casual clothing teaching kids. This is why I think THUNDER BAY IS KARFT HOCKEYVILLE 2010!!!
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