Tony Pepperoni was introduced to hockey by his Uncle Tommy Salami. Tony was extremely interested because he loved his uncle. It looked like Salami was going to be a big star and Tony often bragged about how his uncle was going to destroy the SHL. Well after a very good rookie season things seemed to fall off a cliff for Salami. His friends started making fun of Tony because his Uncle was such a bust. Tony loved hockey and was extremely gifted from a very early age. He wondered if he should just give up and if he was doomed to the same fate as his uncle. After much deliberation, Tony decided that he should continue to play hockey but he also agreed that he would never be complacent, never be happy with where he was because everyone might catch up to him if he stopped trying to get better. He even became quite jaded for a while getting upset when people would bring up or compare him to his uncle. At this point, Pepperoni has moved on from the complex and very few people would dare compare him to his Uncle.