Peyton Vergie and Alyssa White both play on Canada’s national women’s Para hockey team. The duo push each other to excel on and off the ice.
Peyton Vergie had lived in pain for about eight years when she decided enough was enough.
A broken ankle hadn’t healed properly and the doctors were out of options to help her, with the exception of one: amputation.
“I remember, like, waking up from surgery, and I cried because the pain was gone,” said Vergie, 23, whose right leg was amputated in 2023.
Walking and even running without pain were possible and so was Para hockey, the adapted version of hockey for players with disabilities.
Taking up a Para sport was one of her doctor’s conditions for amputation.
Vergie, who had been a hockey player previously, took to Para hockey (also known as sledge hockey) immediately.