Alexander Minaj was a natural once he touched the ice. His parents never pushed him to skate but his father would watch hockey games nightly with him since he was born as he loved the game both as a former college player and coach of high school kids. Around 4, he asked his father if he could go ice skating so he was signed up in the first lesson later in the week. After the first three 30 minutes lessons, Minaj couldnt get taken off the ice and stayed for the open skate with the big kids where he learned to love skating even more. It took less than two months before Minaj was begging for gloves and hockey sticks like the big kids. The love of the game only grew as he got older and he became a true rink rat. This love he developed when he was just a little kid is what gave him the drive to become one of the most exciting prospects in the SHL.