"For three months, all I've eaten is Chinese food," Votruba grumbled. "I was so excited to go to Canada and eat some good Canadian food. But we always have to go to Chinese restaurants."
This is bull...Canadian food? what the heck is that? People, especially kids, like having Chinese food, but they don't go that often just because Chinese food may cost them more.
he Chinese women are allotted $20 per day to cover all meals during their Canadian tour. Some of them lack basic hockey equipment. They'll often skip breakfast in order to have money for a meal later in the day.
Shelley Coolidge, the University of Ottawa women's hockey coach, has a skate blade in her office from one of the Chinese players, a blade that she says "rusted off the skate."
The team can't afford a bus to take them to and from restaurants and arenas, so the players wear out the soles of their shoes in what has become a walking tour of Canada.