S52 PT #1 - The Anthology Vol. I
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SHL GM Brennan Lee Mulligan Stan
Cassius Darrow was not a naturally talented star from his earliest days, despite his future accolades. He started late with the sport, taking his first steps on the ice when he was 7 years old. He was far from talented, struggling to get the basics of skating down. Darrow remembers vividly his father, Finn, laughing as Cassius struggled, falling flat on his face. The normally taciturn man showed some joy as young Cassius floundered, but turned around and picked him back up, encouraging Cassius to continue trying. Within a year, Cassius began playing hockey, first as a winger. He worked hard to be the best skater he could be, and worked on his positioning. At that time, it never crossed Darrow's mind that he could be a professional hockey player. He expected to follow his family's modest path, his father a German soldier and his mother a washer woman in their small town. Who could have imagined almost 20 years later Darrow would be at the top of his game, a burgeoning star in the SHL.
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