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DeletedAtUserRequest · 07-17-2020, 12:46 AM

07-17-2020, 12:24 AMW19eaver Wrote: First article for 2x points

Hello all, this is my first player and I'm basing him off stories I've heard about my dad when he played bantam hockey so lots of the background stuff will be true with a little bit of exaggeration. So without further ado here we go.

On july 9th, 1968 Phillip Weaver was born, the youngest of 9 children, on a small dairy farm in northern British Columbia. Growing up on a farm, Phillip learned how to work and how to work hard from a young age. He would have to wake up before the sun rises every morning and feed all the cows and other animals before having breakfast himself. Being the youngest child in the house came with a lot of disadvantages, he was constantly picked on by his older siblings (physically and emotionally) and very rarely did he get to choose what the family watched in the evenings. Although during the odd times he did, is when he fell in love with the game of hockey. He grew up idolizing Tony Esposito, anytime a Blackhawks game would be on, Phil would end up fighting with his older brother for the channel changer. Finally at the age of 11, Phillip finally convinced his mother to let join the local bantam team the Vanderhoof Bears. The only way she allowed him was if he could find his own way to practise and games as the family was too busy on the farm to bother driving him the 30 minutes each way to practise and back. Phil's first coach, Lars Bettlestone, saw something in the kid and happily took on the responsibility of getting Phil to practise. Now during this time, the Vanderhoof Bears biggest rivals were the Fort St James Stars. On that stars team was a young Jim Playfair (former Calgary Flames head coach and current Edmonton Oilers associate coach). Playfair was a very big kid for his age and was known for him booming slapshot. Goalies would flinch and jump for cover when they seen him winding up, but not Phil. Phil would stand tall and not waver, never letting Playfair's booming shot get to him. He would leave those games with welts and bruises all over his body but there was no way he ever let one of those shots phase him. It was because of that unwavering confidence that his coach, Lars Bettlestone, gave him the nickname that has and will stick with him until his retirement from the game he loves, "Fearless" Phil.

Sounds like a player to keep an eye on.
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