Abbey Mott

My name is Abbey Mott, and people call me Bear. I was born in Xiamen, Fujian, China. My interests outside of being a student of hockey include playing lacrosse and saxophone when I am not refereeing hockey. Last season, I was the main Affiliated Player for the U18 AA B.A.D Blazers. I went to all the U18 AA Blazers practices and played in 5 of their games. In my first year of U15, I had the great experience of being Captain of my hockey team, working with a great coach to lead our girls to embrace team values while supporting each other to be our best selves to grow and contribute together. That year I was selected to play in our league’s All Star Game; I had a blast working with the best girls I had competed against so many times, and was honoured to be selected Player of the Game.

The highlight at the end of the 2023-2024 season was Victus Academy West Head of Academics (and #41 playing for PWHL Toronto’s inaugural season!) Brittney Howard invited me to work with her as a coach in the last week-long hockey camp she ran in Ontario before moving into her new role as 16U & 19U Girls Head Coach, Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Hockey–it was an incredible introduction to coaching and giving back for youth sport.

I am fortunate to play girls field lacrosse in the Six Nations of the Grand River organization with incredible coaches, like Lyle Thompson, who teach and live the values of the Creator’s Game and families with great spirit committed to their daughters’ growing to understand community leadership through collaboration on the field. Our teams are always special, we worked hard for each other to win Gold in the Provincials in 2023 and in 2024 which are the first 2 years I have been with them. In 2024, I started playing box lacrosse, too, and I enjoy it just as much as field lacrosse. I intend to play for the Chinese National Lacrosse team in International events as a member of both women’s field and box.

In 2023-2024 I was a Grade 8 student of Victus Academy West and the Head of Lord Dorchester Secondary School’s Music Program invited me to play alto saxophone in the stage band. It was a wonderful new perspective on taking responsibility to learn to play a part and bring your best to collaborate in practice and performances with a group of really dedicated peers.

I am in my second year in Victus Academy where I have an incredible opportunity to grow as a person with ambitious, hard-working, and team-spirited peers who respect each other and honestly celebrate and support each other developing as elite hockey players and our successes in the classroom. This is my second year refereeing hockey which has been a dream I’ve held since I started playing at 8 years old. I absolutely love being a referee with the responsibility and opportunity to ensure kids a safe, fair, and fun environment to play. I love my hockey journey, and I am blessed to be a part of a great school giving me every opportunity and support to get 1% better every day.

ACADEMIC GOALS

I am curious, so I love learning and experiencing new things that expand my worldview. I am especially interested in deepening my knowledge of the world of animals and how we can interact more collaboratively with them. I am determined to push myself academically, because I need to study animal science in university. My end goal after university is to be a certified large animal veterinarian. My Victus Academy goal is to work hard to earn grades of 90% or more in every course. My top priority as a student athlete is to be an elite student, so I build a great foundation to grow as the best teammate and player I can contribute as an athlete.

ATHLETIC GOALS

In hockey, I will continue to earn recognition as a hard-working, smart, aggressive defender who contributes on offence with accurate passes and powerful shots at the net. The D-zone is Bear Territory. I am determined that there will be no easy paths to the net, and that I will not be scared to block any shots. On top of that, the Victus S&C coaches support me to know I can continue winning at least 75% of 50-50 open-ice and board battles whoever I’m playing against. In 2026, I plan to earn a spot in the roster of a strong U18 AA team and put in the work to climb the ladder in their D-corps.

I am working to play lacrosse in the World’s and 2028 Olympics in Team China. Representing my birth country will certainly make my mom’s family proud. And, it will be a chance to honour my coaches and the lacrosse families of Six Nations by helping teammates appreciate the opportunity we have playing the Creator’s Game. And, I’ve got great support at Victus to practice through the off-season, so I will be in great shape to start playing 6’s and earn a place in the Team Ontario box team.

Long-term, I will earn the chance to play NCAA or U Sports hockey and lacrosse for 4 years at a leading school in Animal Science to prepare for the increasingly advancing study in the field of livestock veterinary medicine.