Because of his age, Alex doesn’t actually know anyone currently playing in the SMJHL right now. However, that didn’t stop him from going back to Colorado to spend some time working out with the newest members of the Raptors. He was able to show some of the players who hadn’t had an opportunity to be in the SHL yet what some of the SHL workouts and training programs were like, as well as the difference in caliber between the SHL and SMJHL programs. He spent a week with the Raptors organization, starting with baseline tests for everyone on the team, then putting the players through their paces and at the end of the week, testing them again. Each player saw improvement in their test results in just one week, and Alex was glad to spend some time with his old team before heading back to Manhattan to finish up the regular season.