Cece is pretty lucky, she thinks, because her cousin Florian is not only a former player for Yukon, he’s also still involved with some team stuff, and was hugely influential in the scouting talks she had with the team. He’s also letting her live in his house, which he still has in Whitehorse from playing for the Malamutes, so he is definitely there the day she moves in. Her dads also accompany her to get settled, but GM Patrice Nadeau, whose ear Florian was in about Cece and her brothers leading up to the draft, is one of the first people to greet her and help her get set up with everything she needs in her new hometown. The locker room is very welcoming, and she feels at home right away, ready to get to work, really focus in, and start blocking all of the shots that anybody slings their way. She isn’t the only rookie, and right away she tries to strike up a friendship with their other fresh face, their rookie goalie, who she swears she will try to “eat all the pucks” for.