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Originally Posted by heep223
Well that's interesting, I wonder why some sites list him as being from Arizona. He must have started playing seriously there when he was a kid? Or maybe it's just a preference thing for him?
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He was born in Calgary but grew up in Arizona. His grandparents still live here and are Flames season ticket holders. When he was very young, the family moved to Phoenix and he continued playing youth hockey there.
There are a lot of sons of former NHLers who grew up in the Phoenix area who are now becoming NHL prospects. In addition to the already mentioned, Lemieux, the Hitmen goalie, Brendan Burke (Sean's son), grew up in Scottsdale. As did Henrik Samuelsson (Ulf's son).
When they get to a certain level, they have to move on to better junior programs. Lemieux went to the OHL. Burke, Samuelsson, and Carroll went to the WHL.
Here's a video I found last summer after he was drafted...
NSFW if you don't want your co-workers seeing you cry.