Prologue
Every hockey player dreams of the ability to play in the NHL, waiting for the day all the pieces fall into play. Showing that hard work and IQ truly can beat talent. Sure it takes some skill to get through the leagues and land on the radar to be drafted, but it takes IQ and speed to get where I was. I spent so much time researching and practicing, while dreaming of what could be while asleep. That was until I was deemed "out with an injury" during my third season, and have been unable to return back to the ice. Everything I worked for, all the practice, gone in a moment of clashing bodies and a wrongful twist of the leg. I never thought my life would be where it is now, or that the person who could make me want to dream again would walk into my life in the least expected way.
