When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. That's just the way it was.
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As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.
I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.
Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.
I really did love hockey. It was one of my favorite things to do.
I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.
I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.
I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.
I watched Gretzky, I watched Lemieux. Maybe it's the time when you're playing, but for a kid coming into the league, you play the Boston Bruins and you just watched Bobby Orr.
No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
Even in Canada, I never even played ice hockey. I never skated in my life; I always did rollerblade street hockey.
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