“HOLLY S**T” is all Chuck could think as he walked into the Carolina Kraken locker room. Looking around, his first impression was at the insane amount of orange. Chuck was still getting used to it being his new favorite color. As he continued to look around, Scout Jove and GM sve7en walked up and shook Chucks hand. “Welcome to the LR” GM sve7en said while turning and opening up to the room. As GM sve7en made an announcement about Chuck to the team, teammates took turns walking up, congratulating and shaking hands with Chuck. Everyone was friendly, although the small-talk was short. Chuck was shown his way to his locker which was located beside Max Belcher. Chuck sat down and took it all in. He couldn’t believe it. What a day! Going 18th overall was a surprise and seeing how nice and supportive everyone in the locker room was a cherry on top. Slowly, nerves started to creep in as Chuck realized that he was about to go onto the ice for his first SMJHL practice. He knew he could keep up but didn’t want to make any mistakes in front of everyone. Max helped ease the nerves by keeping a conversation going about non-hockey related items.