Johnny Kyte gained a new appreciation, of playing hockey and what people who are deaf must work around, while playing for Canada in the recent Deaflympics.
In hockey, of course, the Kanata Lasers defenceman's surname is synonymous with his uncle, Jim Kyte, the only legally deaf player in National Hockey League history. Johnny, a defenceman with the Central Canada Hockey League's Kanata Lasers who is legally deaf and uses a hearing aid, had the thrill of his life when he played for Team Canada in the Russia oil town of Khanty-Mansiysk.