First Nation player returns to TMU lineup following knee injury – Anishinabek News

January 27, 2026

TORONTO – The start of Ava Assinewai’s university hockey career was put on hold for a few months.

But Assinewai, a member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, is back on the ice and playing games for the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold women’s hockey team.

Assinewai, a rookie forward with the Bold, was expected to play a huge role with the team this season. Unfortunately, those plans were put on hold as she tore the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) in her right knee during a mid-September exhibition contest.

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