Meet the one-handed goalie stopping shots with a custom glove

20.02.2023 - 08:11 cbc.ca

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.

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