The setting is the cold of northern Sweden. Aleks Blixtstrom just returned from a tryout for a U15 hockey team. And he absolutely blew it. He was having a hard time even skating. He could barely control the puck. He was constantly getting dropped by the man he had to defend. Overall it was a terrible, horrible night and performance. So terrible that Aleks was considering quitting hockey all together. How could he recover from this? He certainly isn't getting on the team. He went to bed, dejected and embarrassed. He woke up and went to the mail box, where there was a letter to tell him he had failed miserably and didn't make the team. But when he opened it, he was greeted by the words; "Congratulations Aleks, you have made the team." He was obviously very surprised. How could this have happened? He had the worst performance of his young hockey career. But he was happy and relieved. The coach had been impressed by him never quitting. The coach had faith Aleks could grow into something special, and grow into something special he certainly has.