As soon as I got the certificate, I knew what I was going to do. I brought my parents over from Lithuania for the first SHL game of the season. I knew that I wasn't gonna play, but at least I was gonna get the best seats in the house.

We went out shopping and visited the SHL store. I deliberately walked my mom over the San Francisco Pride side of the shop. And just stood next to the home shirts section. I stood and waited with a huge smile on my face until my mom saw me and gasped. My name is printed on San Francisco Pride new purple home jersey following the S49 SHL Draft in which I was picked #11. In a moving moment, my mom put her hand to her mouth as she held the purple jersey and was overcome with emotion.

We hugged it out, i picked up home, away and alternate jerseys for my parents, paid $239.99 and picked up a Joseph Lombardi bobblehead for myself with the remaining $10.