Player prompt

Mat Smith has always been a little bit frugal, so when he showed up to his first day of practice in Quebec City with his skates that weren't even goalie skates, and way outdated pads, it surprised him that the team had a brand new set waiting for him. For the rest of his juniors career no matter how hard the team tried, he kept wearing all the same equipment, same skates, pads, everything. When he got called up to Chicago there was a bit of a battle since he fought to keep wearing the same pads, but the team wouldn't let him since the blues wouldn't match the Chicago yellow and black. As a compromise though, they let him keep wearing the same old pair of worn out skates that he was handed on his first day of practice over ten seasons ago, and though the blades have been changed countless times, every time Smith laces em up he remembers where he came from and all the people who have helped him along the way.