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Stephanie Cote of Lewiston talks with her son, Mack Zashut, 11, during a hockey game between friends and family at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn on Friday. Cote won the rink’s first hour of ice time and invited 28 “family, friends, cousins, people we hang out with” for a game of hockey. Cote’s husband, Guy Gagnon, son, Sam Zashut and sister, Catherine Cote, played as well.
Sidelined with a broken foot, Morgan Giard of Auburn could only watch as friends and family played hockey Friday evening.
“I owed her (Stephanie) a favor,” said Matt Poulin, who agreed to be the referee.
Guy Gagnon, left, Christian Mathieu, 9, and his dad, Mike, get ready in the rink’s brand new locker room.
Stephanie Cote plays alongside her son, Sam Zashut.
Mack Zashut, left, skates up the ice on Friday.
Lynda Wade of Lewiston hugs her son, Gunnar Wade, 13, during a hockey game between friends and family at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn on Friday. The Wade family were two of the 28 people who christened the ice after Stephanie Cote won the rink’s first hour of ice time. Cote, her husband, Guy Gagnon, and her two sons, Sam and Mack Zashut invited “family, friends, cousins, people we hang out with” for a game of hockey.
Mike Mathieu of Auburn plays alongside his son, Christian.
Twenty eight friends and family members of Stephanie Cote will go down in local hockey history as the first ones to skate at the Norway Savings Ice Arena.
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