Alex got to visit his hometown of St. Cloud, Minnesota over this off-season. His old high school coach saw him around town, and invited Alex to come speak at an assembly. He spent far too long preparing the speech, knowing that he not the best public speaker and that he would likely not use most of what he wrote down. Alex showed up the day of the assembly and started to give his speech to the 500 some high schoolers who were there that day. He talked a little bit about his time at the school, but mostly about what his life has been like since making the jump to the SMJHL. He talked about the thrill of getting his name called on the draft floor, went over some of his training routine, and answered some questions from the audience. All but one of the questions were about various things going on in the league, players he has interacted with, and just general hockey talk. 

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