Jenn Gardiner has been waiting for this moment.

Growing up in Surrey, she didn’t think she would ever get to play pro hockey in nearby Vancouver. Now she’s part of the city’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League team.

On Monday, Gardiner finally got on the ice with her new Vancouver Goldeneyes teammates as the expansion club began training camp.

“I haven’t stopped smiling since I signed in Vancouver,” she said. “But obviously, just today was very surreal, to get to put on our logo, to put on our jersey today, and skating out.”

Gardiner got a taste of what’s to come in January when, as a forward for the Montreal Victoire, she played a Takeover Tour game against the Toronto Sceptres in Vancouver.

Months later, the PWHL announced it was expanding with new clubs in both Vancouver and Se

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