Not sure if you guys have seen/read this yet. Now that I've transplanted to the USA I've had to join the USA Hockey organization to play hockey in certain arenas. I wasn't aware but I was also given a subscription to their magazine. The article talks about the days just prior to him signing with the Flames, the Hobey Baker, etc.
I did find the article online, so I figure I'd post the article for all to read.
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“It was nice to get that goal out of the way,” he admitted. “I never thought that I’d ever get the chance to do something like play in the NHL. I was excited to be there. I had so many different emotions playing in that first game.”
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While his offense was good enough to rank him fourth in the league in scoring with 72 points, and be named USHL’s rookie of the year, Gaudreau also developed a two-way game.
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Even though Gaudreau shed his amateur status and earned a spot on the U.S. Men’s National Team competing at the IIHF World Championship in Belarus this May, his work at Boston College is not complete yet and that starts with a promise he made to his mother.
“I promised my mom that if I wanted to leave early, I still had to finish my degree,” he said. “That is a promise that I’m going to make sure I keep.”
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http://usahockeymagazine.com/article...iting-gaudreau