Aaron Wilson had a rather unusual journey to professional hockey as he was a huge basketball fan growing up and didn't start playing hockey until he was 14 years old. His dad took him to a Raptors game when he was 6 and Aaron fell in love with the game immediately. He would spend hours shooting a basketball in his backyard and dreamed of making it to the SBA. But one day his aunt took him ice skating for the first time and it turned out that he was a natural at it. A local high school coach noticed young Aaron at the rink and convinced him to come to a practice the next day. The coach then talked to Aaron's parents and told them that it wasn't too late to start playing hockey and that Aaron had a very real shot of having a professional career. 3 years later, Wilson was drafted 37th overall in the SMJHL draft by Vancouver Whalers.