After the season I sat down with leadership and asked them their opinion on what went right & wrong for me in my 3rd junior season. Seeing as this season is my last shot to win a second 4 Star Cup, I wanted to get the coaches' opinion on my game and what I could change or do better. They told my that they're happy with my two way game but that I need to work on being more physical with and without the puck and to work on my defensive game. They said they liked the way that I was blocking shots, but they would like me to work less on reacting to a shot and more on attacking as a defender and breaking up the offense that leads to the shot. They proposed two key focus areas. One was that I hit the weight room hard this off-season to add some strength so I can win more of the tough puck battles in both ends. The other, more difficult one was the I run on ice drills working on my positioning and physicality defensively. They don't necessarily need me to start hitting everyone with the puck, but they'd like me to become more of an imposing defensive force and make life difficult for opponents looking to enter our zone. I agreed with their assessment and I've spend the past few months putting in the work to make S54 my most successful junior campaign yet.