Ice hockey is a sport that my family has played for many generations. I was around two years old when my parents put my into skates for the first time, I loved skating. I would go to hockey everyday with excitement to get back onto the ice. Pat Cranston, my uncle gave me a hockey helmet when I was about 4, I would wear that helmet everywhere I went. Within that two week period I wore that same helmet all day all night, I slept with it on! My parents knew I wanted to become a hockey player.
The idea of becoming a college hockey player was unrealistic for me for a few years, I really thought I had 0 chance of ever becoming one. I really started to realize that it was possible in the last 2-3 years, once I started playing with and against some of the best players in the Minnesota. I can't wait for the day that my "dreams" could become my "reality." I would love to play college hockey more than anything else in the world. .
My brother Joe is taking the route that I hope I can take one day, he is playing in the NAHL (North American Hockey League). When I was younger, around the age of 13 I was always told by people that I should give up on trying to become a college hockey player, but I never have. I have devoted countless hours to training my hockey skills on-ice and off-ice. I have been shaky about the whole topic of college hockey and if that is the right choice for me to devote my life to achieving that goal. Just this last spring, I had tryouts during the spring for a team that consists of the best players in Minnesota. During that tryout I had a really awful bad day, I was consistently putting myself down in the hotel room saying things to myself such as "you suck", "you should just give up now" and "you're never going to become a college hockey player." The second day came around and I had a really good performance and I ended up making the team.
