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\u201cWhen I was a kid, a lot of my best friends growing up were hockey players, so I would help the U of L coaches at summer camps. I remember pushing pucks for them for years. Then one day the coaches asked if I wanted to help out with the Pronghorns. I said, \u2018You want ME to help out with a high-level hockey team?\u2019 I was thrilled. They\u2019ve been good to me since,\u00a0and we\u2019ve gotten pretty close. I really appreciate those guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m obsessed with hockey and golf, and I\u2019ve followed hockey like crazy since I was four or five. My brain switches back and forth between the two; I\u2019m a competitive golfer so I’m in a lot of golf tournaments in the summer and I watch as much hockey as I can in the winter. Last year I qualified for the Canadian Amateur and played in Toronto. That was a highlight, for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think having an Asperger Syndrome diagnosis means that my memory for stuff I\u2019m really interested in is crazy. If I really set my mind to it, I zone in and I do it.\u00a0If there\u2019s a kid out there who wants to be involved in sports and has been given a similar diagnosis, I would tell them, \u2018Just keep pushing through. Push through the good and bad days. Just because you have it doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t do the things you dream of.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people say they like my funny goal lines like, \u2018Happy learned how to putt, uh oh!\u2019 and a few others I\u2019ve picked up from shows I like.\u00a0Next season will be my sixth year here with the Pronghorns, assuming they want me back. I really want to be here for nationals because I think they\u2019ll make the playoffs. I want the guys to do really well. Seeing them win is the best thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I\u2019m having a rough day, I just come to the rink and it helps. Hockey is my relief if I\u2019m having a bad time somewhere else. Just coming here turns things around.\u00a0I go to almost every practice and just help out in the dressing room at home and on the road. I\u2019m not a trainer, but I help them with whatever they need.\u00a0Before every home game, I prepare my notes and work on matching names to numbers, even though I already know most of the names in the junior league.<\/p>\n
\u201cI met Brock Hirsche when I was 10 or 11 at the Lethbridge Country Club, golfing in a junior league. He joined the Pronghorns in 2013-14, and that was my first year doing play-by-play. He was someone I could always count on for a spontaneous round of golf, but not only that, he would always pump me up, even though I felt like I didn\u2019t deserve it. He was someone that would always go out of his way to make you feel good. Since he\u2019s gone, I find I\u2019m going around asking people what they need and what I can help with, just to let some of his legacy live on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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