Barry Batsbak is originally from Dutch descent as his grandparents immigrated to Canada 35 years ago. Dutch people are known to be good at speed skating and field hockey, but icehockey, not so much. Barry's parents took him skating when he was 3 years old and not much later he received his first hockey stick from his grandfather and together with his father tought him how to play hockey early on. Barry enjoyed it a lot to be playing hockey on the backyard rink that his dad and grandfather build. As soon as Barry was able to play hockey competitively it showed he had talent, but also the motivation to go the extra mile. After practice he would stay out on the ice and practice his slapshop or practice break aways. In his young years he broke many local minor hockey records. All of his trainers spoke highly of him and knew that some day he would be playing in the SHL and they were right.