Slip McScruff's journey to the SHL did not start out through hockey.  From a young age, Slip wanted to be a professional wrestler.  He practiced all the finishers with various stuffed animals around the house, much to the chagrin of his parents who had to replace much of their furniture on a regular basis.  He apparently did not make much of those dreams, as he attended a trade school and became a plumber.  However, he did idolize one particular wrestler, El Scruffo.  El Scruffo performed a lot of indie shows around where-ever Slip lived at the time but Slip was never able to catch him live.

After a controversial match inside an abandoned hockey arena, El Scruffo mysteriously disappeared and Slip McScruff started showing up on the scouting radars in men's league play.  The disappearance of El Scruffo did nothing to temper Slip's love of wrestling, but it noticeably carried over into his raw hockey style.  His over the top hitting technique caught the eye of St. Louis scouts and the rest is SMJHL history.