Meet the one-handed goalie stopping shots with a custom glove
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Callie Bizuk isn't very good at taking no for an answer.
The goalie has been playing ringette since she was a little kid, even after some coaches told her she shouldn't.
A below-the-elbow amputee, 14-year-old Callie was born without her right hand.
"I had a couple coaches, when I was younger, who said I couldn't do it because of my limb difference," Callie said. "I said 'I'm going to do it, and I'll be the best!'"
On a weekday evening, Callie sits in a rink dressing room in the Edmonton suburb of Sherwood Park, wearing her red U-16 A Strike practice jersey.
"I don't have a right hand," Callie said. "I was born like this. They don't know why. I'm just me."
Callie plays ringette at the second highest level for her age group, with eyes on making the top-tier team next season.
Being a one-handed goalie hasn't always been a smooth journey. Callie had some help along the way, including from a dedicated prosthetist and from a former national team goalie who designed a one-of-a-kind goalie glove.
Callie's mom, Kim Bizuk, remembers Callie playing as a four-year-old.
"Her prosthetic was quite heavy when she first started," Kim said. "She was down on the ice as much as she was standing up."
When Callie got the hang of gliding, there was a new challenge.
"She would glide in a full circle, because the prosthetic would pull her to one side," said Kim. "She just never quit."
Callie, listening beside her mom, breaks into giggles.
"I never heard that story before," she said.
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