1. My dad, who knocked up my mom in an IIHF tournament, was always a big hero to me. Be watched him play since S36 even though he never acknowledged me until I showed I had hockey promise.
2. I grew up in a small town in Austria where Mike Izzy was like a local celebrity.
3. I was always super protective of my stripper mother, Kitty, and that translated to being a defensive defenseman perfectly.
4. Learning how to skate, simply because the road between my house and school would freeze. My mom would never take me to school because she worked the first, second and third shift at the strip club.
5. I got into plenty of disagreements about the quality of my mothers character at school with my fellow classmates.
These five things easily translated into becoming a competent defensive defenseman.