Brent Dodginghorse was in the midst of a workout Monday evening when his phone started to buzz. Article content

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The NHL had just announced that the 47-year-old Dodginghorse, a proud member of Tsuut’ina Nation, had been honoured as winner of the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award for Canada.

The news dropped during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

“I was at Gold’s Gym, just working out, doing my normal routine, and my phone blew up with messages,” said Dodginghorse, who had received a heads-up from the NHL but was asked to keep it a secret. “It was like, ‘Oh, that must have been it.’

“I had like 72 messages within about five minutes, and all the socials were blowing up. It was pretty cool. Obviously, there was a lot of

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