NAHL NEWS:
It sounds like the following NCDC & Premier teams will be joining the @NAHLHockey
Idaho Falls - NCDC
Grand Junction - NCDC
Ogden - NCDC
Henderson (Unconfirmed) - Premier
Billings - Expansion/Former NA3
Chippewa - Moving to Pueblo
Yesterday we had the privilege to host Jack Curtis, a quarterback and pitcher at Carleton College in Minnesota.
Jack has been diagnosed with late-Stage II unfavorable Hodgkin's lymphoma and has spent his senior season of both football and baseball dealing with not only the stresses of academics and athletics but also routine chemotherapy appointments and rising health costs.
We would love to help jack finish out his senior year on a high note and help him with his tuition costs and medical bills! I have attached Jack’s link to his GoFundMe below, he is only $6,000 away from hitting his goal! If you love football and great young men, Jack is both and would really appreciate your support!
Thank you Jack for coming to spend the day with us, it was a blast!
https://t.co/lRU90yPmbj
Sioux fans booze. Guy next to me started a can pyramid, guy across the ice did also. Guy next to me paid kid $100 to go knock theirs down. @UNDmhockey at its best
The hockey community is truly amazing and instantly took action to ask how they could help support Jessi’s family. Here is a donation link created by the family to help. Thank you so much to everyone for the amazing tributes and support shown. Jessi and her family was so loved 🤍 https://t.co/af9O2tdejG
KIDS: Dominik Shine's path to his first career NHL goal is incredible:
-Four years of junior hockey in the USHL
-Comes into college hockey at Northern Michigan as a 20 year old
-Doesn't get drafted to the NHL
-Plays four years of college hockey before signing a pro contract
-Plays 8 years in the AHL before getting a call up to the NHL
-Becomes the captain for a first place team in the AHL
-In his 9th full professional season, at 32 years old, scores his first NHL goal.
Very few players see the results of their hard work in the time they want to see it. Resilience is a super-power, and if this isn't inspiration to keep at your dreams even through the low moments, I don't know what is.
Everyone has a different path. Congrats to Dominik Shine on his first career NHL goal!
Mike Brown was the last person picked on our bantam team at 14 years old. And he was the only player to make it to the NHL.
Let me repeat…
He was the last player picked to our team at 14… and made it farther than anyone else on that team.
How?
By not comparing his journey to anyone else’s and by outworking everyone ahead of him.
For all the kids out there who may feel out of it - this is how it’s done. Control the things you can control. And GET. TO. WORK.
A lot of really talented players get passed by absolute workers when all is said and done. Mike is a great example, and it was so awesome talking to him about his journey on our latest podcast episode.