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The New Orleans Specters' star player Valtterri Kauppinen has always been obsessed with anything speed related, outside of hard drugs... or has he? Either way, he was one of those kids who grew up watching race car drivers, track stars, marathon runners, and everything in between. When his parents introduced him to an ice rink, and he realized how fast he could go on the ice, he was absolutely fixated on doing something with that gift of speed. Ice hockey, whether it be at the Finnish national level in Liiga, over in North America as a player in the Simulation Hockey League, or even in the Victory Hockey League, wherever the hell they're based, was Valtterri's newfound passion and obsession. As he worked his way through the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League system, his speed may have peaked relatively slower compared to the rest of the league, but his intangibles and other skills are up there with the best.