Inside Bryce Pickford's unconventional path to becoming a breakout Canadiens prospect

Near Alberta’s border with Saskatchewan sits a shrinking railroad village of about 300 people called Chauvin.Its claim to rural fame is Susie the Softball, a roadside attraction between prairie towns described as “the world’s largest softball.” There’s not a lot else in Chauvin; a tiny restaurant, a tinier coffee shop, an old Presbyterian church, a small hardware store and Dr. Folkins Community School, with its 100 students from kindergarten to Grade 12.Advertisement