Welcome to my Blog! My Dad helped me put together a short biography about myself here. I started this blog with the help of my Mom and Dad, because I wanted a place to share my passion for the greatest game in the world … HOCKEY!

My Mom and Dad thought it would be a good idea to start the blog too, so that players just starting out could learn about what it takes to play youth hockey.

I started out in hockey when I was just three years old. It was a “Kids First Hockey” program hosted by the Phoenix Coyotes at my local Ice Rink and sponsored by Bauer/Nike. The program was one day a week, for one hour. The great thing was, the program was free and included all hockey gear/bag and each player received a free “Kids First Hockey” jersey.

The first night in full hockey gear was pretty tough. I had to lean on a skating bucket most of the night, so I didn’t fall down. I hated falling down, because I couldn’t get up without help. But before long I was moving around pretty good, and eventually chasing the pucks they brought onto the ice.

That is all it took! I was hooked! Chasing pucks!

Shortly after that class; my Mom and Dad purchased my used hockey equipment at Play it Again Sports. I also got my new skates and a stick at a local hockey equipment store, Behind the Mask in Arizona.

By the time I was four and a half years old I was taking a weekly power skating class and had been working my way through Hockey Concepts 1, 2 and 3. I did each one a couple of times to insure I mastered them before moving onto the next.

In early 2005, I joined the Mini-Mites and by the Fall 2005 at the age of five; I was playing Mite half ice, while I continued to take power skating classes once a week without fail.