In the spring of 2020, with the NHL season suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Damon Severson was looking for somewhere to skate in preparation for the league’s return to play in August.
As it happened, a childhood friend had access to ice time. Jessica Campbell, who grew up with Severson in Melville, Sask., was running small group skills sessions for her power skating business in Kelowna, B.C., and Severson started coming out with a few teammates and friends.
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“The first time we got off the ice after one of her sessions, the boys were like, ‘That was a really good skate. She knows what she’s doing,’” said Severson, who is
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