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But that was the case on Thursday as Meghan Agosta made stops at both Ecole St. Joseph School and William McDonald School. Agosta has actually been in the NWT for the past couple of weeks visiting her father, Nino Agosta, a teacher at East Three Secondary in Inuvik. Her visits in Yellowknife were co-ordinated by Hockey North and Hockey NWT. Before that, Agosta dropped in on Aklavik and Fort McPherson to talk to youth in those communities.

Kyle Kugler, the executive director for both organizations, said the elder Agosta asked if there was interest in his daughter travelling to various NWT communities.

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Agosta has been a member of the Canadian national womenSA国际影视传媒檚 hockey team since 2006, when she was named to the Olympic team that year in Torino, Italy. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 where she won her first of three Olympic gold medals, repeating the feat in 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi, Russia. The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea saw the Canadians lose to the U.S. in a heartbreaking gold-medal game shootout.

Agosta has also played in eight World WomenSA国际影视传媒檚 Hockey Championships with two golds and six silvers added to her resume.

In 2014, she took a break from hockey and joined the Vancouver Police Department as a probationary constable, becoming a full constable when she graduated from the forceSA国际影视传媒檚 academy in 2015.

ItSA国际影视传媒檚 the second year running that Agosta has been in the NWT SA国际影视传媒� she was in Hay River in March 2022 for Polar Pond Hockey, but she said this was her first time really experiencing the territory on a broader scale.

She said the talks at both Yellowknife schools were quite awesome.

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Of course, the medals are always popular show-and-tell pieces and Agosta said they were the first things the students wanted to see.

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Don Reid, principal at St. JoeSA国际影视传媒檚, said having Agosta come to the school was a nice surprise.

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Agosta is on her way to Hay River this weekend to take in a minor hockey tournament there and then sheSA国际影视传媒檒l be heading back up to the Beaufort Delta to spend some more time with her family. SheSA国际影视传媒檚 also planning on visiting Tuktoyaktuk on March 16.