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A trip back to the small town of Akaa, Finland was certainly one of the more interesting things done in the offseason by Kaarlo Kekkonen. He is unable to travel there as often as he would like to these days, so being given the opportunity to speak at his old high school was something that he jumped at the chance at. Kaarlo has some experience with dealing with the media that he's gained over the years, so the speech itself went fine and there were no worries about him stumbling over his words or anything like that (it definitely helped to be able to speak in his native Finnish language). It seemed like it went well and Kaarlo did a good job of getting his points across; at least the audience certainly seemed to enjoy it. It's always a good experience to try and inspire the next generation, and Kaarlo was also able to have some time speaking to a few of the hockey players there one on one and offer some advice if they wanted to pursue a career in the sport. All in all, it was a valuable experience that he was grateful to get the opportunity to take part in.