Article: TROY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO PLAYER.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer

TROY -- She had cardiac problems that ultimately killed her, but when 14-year-old Katie Slade played hockey she was all heart, as well as courage and tenacity.

And those are among the qualities that will be necessary to win a new award dedicated Sunday in Slade's name by the Troy Academy Youth Hockey Association with whom she played. A recipient will be named at the end of the hockey season annually.

Slade was a Colonie Central High School freshman who maintained an `A' average, and, besides hockey, played shortstop on the girls's freshman softball team, as well as several musical instruments. She died in ...

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