'None of us were prepared': Victoria Grizzlies back home after bus stranded in storm
CTV
The Victoria Grizzlies junior "A" hockey team is back home after the most expensive road trip in team history.
Many people in the province were left stranded from the destruction caused by washouts and mudslides last week.
The lucky ones escaped without injury or loss of property, and the really lucky ones managed to find some light in the historic storm.
"None of us were prepared for it obviously," said Grizzlies forward Michael Hoekstra on Friday.
Last week, the Grizzlies were left stranded along the Coquihalla Highway following the historic storm.
After a weekend win in Trail, B.C., the Grizzlies headed homeward to Penticton for an overnight stay.
And stay they would once they saw images of flooding and landslides on TV.
Communities that the hockey team knows, like Abbotsford and Merritt, were left unrecognizable.
After team management counted their blessings, they tallied up the cost of housing and feeding more than 20 teenagers, for who knows how long.
