Being a pro hockey player takes year-round dedication. But resting as important as exercise when getting your fitness up, as it is for professional athletes in order not to burn out. Inge Baardsen would start his offseason with a trip back to Tromsø, in order to catch up with his former coaches and teammates and inspire the younger generation and show them that anything is possible. Catch up with some family and friends, unwind a bit. But on his return to Saskatchewan, the work really begins. Hitting the gym in the Regina Elk facility to get that conditioning back, getting back out on the ice as much as possible, just getting the feel of his stick and handling the puck back, emptying buckets of pucks on the ice and shooting them all at the goal, then put them back in the bucket, switch spots and go again, repeat over and over. That’s the kind of grind it takes to make it in the SMJHL, so that’s what Inge Baardsen is going to do.