Where it Began.
our journey is just beyond.
2014-2015
I was 10 when I started playing hockey. Believe it or not my father didn’t want me being a player even though it was much cheaper. I started out playing in our local league Aldergrove Minor as a house goalie with my dad as our coach. We weren’t very good but that wasn’t important as we were just having fun.
2015-2016
My second year is where I began to love playing and especially winning. That year is my first as a Rep goalie when I was starting to make lots of friends. We weren’t very good again but we won our presidents series banner. It was the best year as the locker room was amazing.
2016-2017
My third year i was thrown back onto a house team seeing my older brother and family friend of the coach took the rep positions. I still loved every minute as a kid we were an amazing bunch of misfits and took home another banner with my dad as my coach. Being able to play with such a great made me fall in love with the game even more. The biggest lesson I had was it didn’t matter where I played the year before it was where I played in the moment that helped me strive that year.
2017-2018
My fourth year saw me back on our rep local after I had tried out for the Fraser valley east thunderbirds which saw a very quick exit after not making it past the first 15 minute goalie skate. This team saw a new coach that was harsh and not fun to be around, he showed us what it meant to play as a team and helped us to grow as people. Him and I had our issues, it started before the season even started but he liked my game so he was glad to have me on the team. He took the wrong approach with me and I definitely gave the wrong responses which also helped me grow as a person and helped me understand how to talk to coaches and what level of respect to show them but also what line to draw when they were taking situations too far.
2018-2019
Come my 5th year it was no surprise that I was thrown onto the A2 team. I had accepted that my brother and the other goalie were going to beat me out but I still gave tryouts my all. I knew I played better than both of them but the coach just had their numbers and knew I was able to come up to play whenever he needed me. that year our A2 wasn’t very good and was subsequently the last year our league had more than one rep team. I was playing my best hockey so far as I trained all offseason to have a chance to make the A1 team. My numbers although not recorded were phenomenal as I put up more shutouts than I did losses but our second goalie who went on to play university hockey was not putting up great numbers as he had checked out long before the season started. This showed me that no matter how good you are, if you’re not in the right mental space you won’t play very well no matter what.
2019-2020
This 6th year was very mentally tolling as I had trained all summer both on the ice and in the gym I had put in so much work to take a spot over my brother and the other goalie but the end result sent me down to our house team. I was very close to quitting and just training all year in hopes to make a junior team as I had been skating with the Port Moody Panthers during the off season and start of the season. I ultimately decided to stick through because the rep coach convinced me that he will eventually need me as his goalie would probably end up injured. 1/4 into the year saw me make the jump up to the A1 team with my brother as the other goalie ended his career with a concussion while being dressed as an AP for the Fraser valley east thunderbirds. This taught me that no matter the result a little patience may just nudge you in the right direction. The season unfortunately ended early due to Covid-19.
2020-2021
The great Covid year my 6th year saw a very slow and unfortunate year for me as I threw everything out of the window this year was mainly practices with very few games and ALOT of restrictions. this also made me understand my goalie partner from my A2 year. This was how I ended my Minor Hockey days.
2021-2022
No one knew how my 7th year would go we were still threatened by Covid-19 restrictions but it saw me skating with our local junior b team the Aldergrove Kodiaks as well as another team in the PJHL the Ridge Meadows Flames. Both teams felt like home both with unique dressing room atmospheres as well as on ice gameplay. Both teams offered me a contract on the same day one 30 minutes before the other, I ultimately chose to stay home and play for the Aldergrove Kodiaks which ended up being an amazing choice. we missed playoffs by 1 point that year to the Mission City Outlaws who were eliminated in 5 games. My stats before the Christmas break saw me sit 2nd place with a 9.26 save percentage and a 1.21 Goals Against Average. I went into the break on two consecutive shutouts stopping 96 shots in total. After the break the team was different, everyone was checked out. this ended up being our downfall which then lead to our playoffs misfortune.
2022-2023
This year saw much of the same of the end of my rookie season. We hired a new coach as our previous one pursued a new job with the Chilliwack Chiefs. I was awarded with an “A” as I had taken on a lot of the leadership in the room. We won very little as we gave up an average of 58 shots a game. this season started with me making 50 saves on 53 shots and saw me leave the game early due to injury which started a spiral of injuries due to my own teams inflictions. I ended my season two and a half months early as my team captain slid into my knee and strained my ACL. Even though I ended my season early I was still the only qualified goalie on the team at the end of the year.
2023-2024
My final year of Junior hockey saw a promotion to league as we stepped up to a Junior A league our whole team saw a reconstruction although I had stuck around. This year I was awarded as the team Capitan which saw me take a lot of the locker room criticism while I was out with more injuries. I was out for 23 games which saw our loss streak extend to 28 before I had returned from my dislocated shoulder which saw us playing the Chilliwack Jets and my former Head Coach from my rookie season, that game saw me stop 57 of 58 in a 3-1 win ending our 28 game loss streak. This year was the hardest as it saw the end to my tenure with Aldergrove where I had played every level possible with my hometown teams.
2024
New beginnings as we announced the start of “Western Goaltending” on Nov 3rd. The rest is still up to fate.