I grew up playing high level hockey. I went to school (NSA) here from the time i was in grade 7 until grade 12. between school and my club team i was on the ice upwards of 6 times a week. The School program was 3k+ a year plus equipment and other costs. My midget AAA team was not cheap and we had to do fund-raising ontop of that. after all this training and skating and non stop hockey I never went anywhere with it. No scholarship not even close to an NHL dream.
the cost for my parents was a lot but I was fortunate they could afford it, and hockey was all I wanted to do and i will give my kid the opportunity to have that much passion for a sport and let them have as much access to it.
Out of the school program I was in the only notable person to make it close to the show was Kurt Goggle. He was drafted in the 2nd round By San Jose and I think is apart of the Minnesota organization now...Still hasn't played an NHL game.
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