Barrett was asked to come back to the University of Minnesota and give a talk to the student body, but especially to the school hockey team in attendance. It was absolutely an honor to do, even though he's never really fancied himself much of a public speaker. Because of his success of making it onto an SHL squad with the Blizzard and also having played for Team USA, the school thought he would be an excellent choice to speak on the value of hard work to accomplish your goals. More than once he thought about himself sitting in those very seats, being inspired by someone on that stage, and hoped that he was doing the hopes of the administration justice. He definitely stumbled over his words on a couple of occasions, but he felt at the end like he had definitely said what he wanted to. He got a pretty good ovation from everyone in attendance and was even asked to sign a few autographs. It was a very humbling experience, especially getting to speak privately with the hockey team and having several of the players tell him that they had followed his career and hoped to play like him one day.