LAURIE WEIR
It’s a match made in heaven – or on the ice in this case.
Long-time Ottawa Senators fan who happens to be Canada’s most winningest golfer, now a multi-year partnership with the team, the team announced on Sept. 4.
The club’s logo will appear on her towels and water bottles, and she’ll wear the Senators’ colours one day during a tournament with her sister/caddie Brittany.
“I’m super excited to partner and team up with the Senators,” Henderson said via video message. “It’s such a cool opportunity. Growing up, I played hockey, I loved hockey, and I always cheered for the Sens. It feels like a perfect fit.”
She said being able to be involved with an organization that has world class athletes who are pursuing their dreams, and pushing themselves daily, “I think it’s really neat to partner up with that and I’m excited to see where it goes.”
Senators owner Michael Andlauer said the team is happy to collaborate with Brooke on this partnership.
“Brooke’s spirit, values and determination embody what our Ottawa-Gatineau community is all about.”
In 2017, she turned pro, Henderson and shot a video with the Ottawa Sens to make it official.
“I was able to shoot my ‘Turning Pro’ video when I was 17,” Henderson said. “I was able to film it with the Sens and with Mark Borowiecki. He was amazing and so kind to me. It was just a really cool experience.”
For those following CCHL’s Smiths Falls Jr. A Bears hockey, Borowiecki played defense for the team from 2006 to 2008, then went off to Clarkson University. He was selected by the Sens in the fifth round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Henderson has logged the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship and the 2022 Evian Championship, but it was fun to watch her capture the 2018 CP Women’s Open in Saskatchewan. She dedicated the win to the families and friends of victims of the Humboldt hockey team’s bus crash in April that year, where 16 people were killed and 13 were injured when a northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck that blew through a stop sign near Armley, Sask.
When she’s home, Henderson tries to attend a game or two.
“I love going to (hockey) games because the atmosphere and the energy is unlike anything else,” Henderson said. “I love the game of hockey and love being in that arena and feeling that. To be at centre ice and to have that kind of attention and love was pretty cool,” she said. “…so many special moments, and I can’t wait to create more and attend more games and be able to cheer them on.”
