When Patey was growing up in a small town in a rural city in Canada, he did not watch a lot of hockey, just played a ton due to his poor family. Once he started playing in the juniors, he quickly came to realize the one player that he could see himself hopefully turning out to be in the future without having much of an idol as a kid.

Growing up as a centre just like his father did when he was a kid, he wanted to also look up to someone who could lead their team to victory in the same position. When Patey started to look at some of the Canadian teams, he noticed mike Izzy of the Calgary dragons. With current stats of 90 FO, 99 SC and 99 SK, this is exactly the type of player Patey wants to be, Izzy also has slotted in 15 goals and 12 assists giving him the second place spot in league scoring early on into the season. Even though he has lots of years ahead of him, with stats of 65 SC, 62 SK and 60 FO, Patey is very confident that he can reach those levels with a lot of hard work and with the help of his teammates. It may be one of biggest challenges in his life to date, but a high scoring centre who can do it all and be the leader of his team is something that Patey can only dream of currently.

Patey currently has 3 goals and 5 assists but is looking to gain some steam in his next few key matchups. The current rookie leading scorer has 17 points but that will not stop him for his conquest of becoming one of the greats.