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The Journey


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It was a cold late October morning as Dekster stepped off the plane and began making his way through the Saskatoon airport he had never stepped foot in Saskatchewan before today but he was told it was slightly similar to Manitoba his home for the last three years he kept walking only stopping to grab his baggage,The eighteen year old had only been on a plane once before and that was three years ago when he was on a very long flight across the Atlantic leaving his home nation of Poland behind,He missed his family back home he wondered what they were up to right now,He didn’t have much close family outside of Poland except for his older half brother and trainer Jack Lynch a former VHL player that saw some decent seasons in the pros playing his best years for the then new expansion team the Malmo Nighthawks the only reason Dekster came to Canada was cause of Jack offering to help train him and that He had connections in the industry and would be able to help further his dreams of going pro encouraged by his mother he took up the offer hoping to achieve his dream of being like his brother and playing in the pro’s before he made the journey across the Atlantic he didn’t know much about his older brother who he had only found out about a few years earlier after finding out about him he would every day after hockey practice watch Highlights of Jack’s and read about his career,While he was a great player in his home nation of Poland he had doubts of how good he would be in Canada as there was lots more competition and it would be much harder than he was used to,He struggled the first year of hockey in the new country as the season went on and he struggled more his morale and love for the game wasn’t as high as it once was Jack seeing this decided to put all his attention on training and helping him during the summer they got to work training on his weaknesses and getting even better at his strengths,He also took some English courses to learn the language better as before coming to Canada he Barely knew any English except for the bare minimum he needed back in Poland this helped him a lot as it was much easier to communicate with his coaches and teammates understanding what they wanted him to do much more combined with his new training he was a lot better and became a top player for his team in his second season helping lead them to a deep playoff run but ultimately losing in the finals,That summer he and Jack went back to Poland while traveling around Europe meeting some of the top coaches and training with them to further his development while they put in a lot of work in Europe they also got up to trouble going out drinking and getting in some fights nothing major though this was something that Dekster had picked up from Jack who was probably more know for his off the ice reputation during his playing career than his actual playing although he hadn’t effected his career much after the summer he would play his last and final season before deciding to go the VHLM the training paid off as he was a top player in the league and won the cup while also being a finalist for MVP but not winning it,After the season he officially announced he would be looking to join the VHLM he got a decent amount of offers from teams but after mulling for days he decided the closest option and the one he felt best for him was to Join the Saskatoon Wild. He walked out of the doors of the airport feeling a cold breeze hit him he was excited and ready he knew he made the right decision coming here.

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