WINDSOR — A special honour for the Windsor Wildcats women's hockey team involved in a horrific bus crash 15-years ago.
The team reunited at this year's Wespy Awards where the 'Courage and Determination Award' was renamed after them.
In January 2005, the team's bus hit a transport truck which was illegally parked on the side of a New York state highway.
The crash killed the team's coach, his 13-year-old son, the mother of the team's goalie and the driver of the truck.
Megan Godwin was team captain at the time and says the survivors are all doing well.
"We were very blessed. We're very lucky," she says. "Most of us are moms and we have our careers started and a lot of us are in a very helping profession whether it be teaching, nursing, doing holistic care, personal training and business ownership. We're going great. We really can't complain. We've come quite far in the last 15-years."
She says support continues to come in from the community.
"We think that we're forgotten right? It happened so long ago. And then things like this [award] happen. We feel very honoured and proud to be part of this sports community and, as well, the Windsor-Essex community," says Godwin. "The outpouring from day one has been amazing. Any time you tell somebody you're a Windsor Wildcat usually the next thing that follows is a huge hug."
The Windsor Wildcats were also named the Wespy's Team of the Year 15-years ago.
--With files from AM800's Patty Handysides--