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Article: Coach opens door (Couchiching Terriers of the Provincial Junior A Hockey League).
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- January 1, 1998
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Windspeaker Contributor
COUCHICHING, Ont.
Like most other Junior hockey coaches, former pro player Barry Tabobondung is anxious to climb up the hockey ladder.
Tabobondung, 36, is an assistant coach with the Couchiching Terriers of the Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The 22-team Junior A Tier II circuit is a step below the Ontario Hockey League, which is considered one of the top feeder systems for the National Hockey League.
An Ojibway who lives on the Parry Island First Nation, Tabobondung also has a dream he'd like to see fulfilled. He hopes there will one day be a Native hockey team competing at the Winter Olympics.
"I'd ...