Sir;
I would like to commend the young men (these were not boys) you had come out to my sons' Atom HL practice at 0700 hrs on Sunday, 13 December 2015. These young men show great skills, motivation, dedication and drive. They, in my opinion, were excellent! Their demonstrations of the drills were first rate. They showed the boys what they could become and how to do it. They also showed humour and a love of the game. They played around with the boys joking, playing keep away and not always scoring on the goalies. A few even performed the drills with the boys and celebrated with them when either a Tiger or player scored.
During the scrimmage at the end of the practice some of them showed great motivation to want to be on the ice with the boys. From the stands it looked like they were enjoying themselves and building comraderie with the kids on the bench. When the Tigers were on the ice, they played to the level of the boys. They did not try to show boat around them but passed to them and let the boys get the puck/go around them. It made it enjoyable to watch.
I would like to thank you for making this possible. I think it was great idea. My son was excited and happy and motivated after practice. Which is pretty hard to be after a 0700 hrs practice on a Sunday for a 10 year old. I can only hope you continue this so that other boys (and my 7 year old son) get a chance each year to practice with some of their hometown heroes.
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