Viktor Krunk wanted to be a hockey player mainly because his father took him to hockey games when he was young. He had a natural level of balance which was always going to give him an advantage on the ice, but he was also dedicated to his dream. The relative poverty he grew up in meant that Krunk wanted something more than the life he was offered, and he saw hockey as a way out of a place that didn't appeal to him. Even at a young age, he knew that athlete money and the opportunity to travel the world would give him more than he would be able to earn in life otherwise, so he learned to love the game. He put many hours into his skating and puckhandling as a young child, and it couldn't have paid off any more now that he's living in the USA and competing with the best.