At a young age Atlas Rush had yet to discover hockey yet and had his focus was on Olympic Wrestling. One Day after practice Atlas saw his next door neighbor Alex getting picked on by some members of the Lacrosse team. Alex has Autism and was getting picked on because of it. Atlas quickly intervened and put himself between Alex and the bullies. Atlas did not say a word the bullies stared at him for a second before trying to move around him to get to Alex again. Atlas kept himself between Alex and the Bullies. Once the Bullies realized they weren't able to get to Alex without having to go through Atlas quickly realized that would be a losing battle and left. The Coach of the Hockey team witness this interaction and approached Atlas afterward to see if he would be interested in doing something similar on the ice.