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S52 PT #1 - The Anthology Vol. I
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mxman991Registered Senior Member
Written task: Write 150+ words about your player's early childhood as they began their long journey to the SHL. What was it like the first time they picked up a stick or put on the pads? Was your player already a naturally-talented superstar before hitting double digits in age? Was your player a bit slower to pick up the sport? Focus in this PT on the earliest portion of your player's life and their relationship with the sport of hockey during that time.
Al Kayhall came from a small town in Wisconsin. Though he was born to the game, and played often with friends and family, he did not touch actual groomed indoor ice until he was in highschool, as Wisconsin offered numerous opportunities to play on lakes and ponds throughout the winter. This likely accounted for two aspects of his play, the first being, his game tends to get better as the ice quality gets worse, and he was far behind the skating skills of many of his peers until his late teens. Al Kayhall did not stand out in any way from his team mates until his final season in highschool, and if you would have asked him at that time, he would have laughed and told you hockey was fun but seemed to not be his calling. That might have been true had it not been for the fateful night where he had a sixer and played in a beer league with a friend and was discovered by Coach Balls of the Halifax Raiders who had been passing through Wisconsin at the time and offered him a tryout. ![[Image: sfOMki5.png]](https://i.imgur.com/sfOMki5.png)
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