Humboldt survivors featured in doc say they want to make their 'angels' proud
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Hockey players Derek Patter (left) and Brayden Camrud (right) are shown in a scene from the new CBC documentary "Humboldt: The New Season." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CBC MANDATORY CREDIT





“Because I can’t control the accident, I can’t control injuries I had or people that aren’t here,” Dahlgren says. “All I can control is myself and how I perceive it and my actions.”

Kevin Eastwood and Lucas Frison co-wrote and co-directed “Humboldt: The New Season,” which follows five of the survivors and some of the families of the deceased as the 2018-2019 Humboldt hockey season unfolds with a different coaching staff and some new teammates. The film also touches on the trial and sentencing of the truck driver who caused the accident.

Frison says late Broncos’ assistant coach Mark Cross, who died in the crash, was his best friend growing up in Strasbourg, Sask. They were “inseparable” since they were about three and played hockey together, so once the grief and shock of the tragedy wore off, Frison knew his next project had to commemorate Cross in some way. 







“I know my angels would really want me to live my life like they know I would want to,” he adds, referring to his choice to leave the team. “So it’s now just focusing on what I want to do and being with family and friends. Taking each day one step at a time and trying to live for them as well.”

Dahlgren echoes those thoughts.

“I feel like they’re definitely watching over me in everything I do and are always with me no matter what,” Dahlgren says, noting he felt like they were with him when he returned to the ice for the first time since the crash last June.

“It felt really special getting back on the ice, especially wearing the Humboldt stuff was something unbelievable as well. It felt like home and it wasn’t just myself out there. It felt like there were lots of other people out there too.”

Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press

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