Eaton Kuch - A Hockey Tale

[ForeTwenty 19]

Eaton Kuch

 

Eaton Dusty Kuch, grew up as any typical Canadian kid with a passion for hockey.  Although he didn't have the typical start that most players do.  Being raised by a single mother with three siblings, Eaton's family simply couldn't afford to put him into an organized league.  That didn't stop Eaton from chasing his dream.  It all started when he was just 7 years old, his brother Dickson (11), would take him down to the local outdoor rink to play with him and his friends.  Dickson brought his brother out thinking it would just be an easy way to baby sit.  Little did he know that Eaton was born to play to the game.  They went down to the rink every day that first winter, and Eaton's improvement blew everyone out of the water.  By the end of the winter Eaton was keeping up with his brother and his friends, in skating and his vision of the game was undoubtedly god given. 

 

Over the next few years that was what Eaton's winters consisted of.  Everyday you would see him down at the rink playing with the other local kids.  When there was no other kids to play with, he would push himself through drills, skating until he couldn't feel his legs any longer.  HIs mom remembers a night when Eaton was 13 and he had just come home from the rink, with two massive blisters on each foot.  She asked him "Why do you do this to yourself? You know that I can't afford to sign you up for an actual league."  HIs response sticks with her to this day.  "Momma, I am going to keep working hard at this, because I don't know why but I have a feeling that this is what I was meant to do."  The kid couldn't have been more accurate.  That year the community hosted an outdoor tournament, where Dickson and his friends entered a team into the U18 division. They had to make a request to be able to have Eaton play for them as an underaged player.  The teams in the division all laughed, as they agreed to the request thinking they would walk all over this kid.  In the 6 round robin games of the tournament, Eaton put up a whopping 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists).   In the quarter final game he would add another 6 points to the tally.  The final two games were much tighter with, outstanding goal tending performances on both ends of the ice.  He still managed to put up 5 points in those two games.   

 

That following Monday, Eaton's face was plastered on the front page of the local newspaper.  The article talked about a local phenom playing years above his age, that never played organized hockey.  Noah Dea the writer of the of the column (and Eaton's biggest supporter outside his family) made a plea with the community that would change Eaton's life forever.  Noah asked the community to make donations to give Eaton a shot at playing some real hockey.  Noah thought at first this would be fruitless, but boy was he wrong!  The whole community came together and got Eaton everything he needed to get his career started. The following year when Eaton was 14 he would play his first game of organized hockey.  He opened his playing career up with 2 goals, and 5 assists.  His career only developed from there, as he was quickly receiving interest from junior league scouts.

His junior career only continued to show the same trend.  Eaton was turning into a shutdown d-man with insane offensive passing awareness.  He was liked among his team mates and staff on the teams for his dedication and hard work.  He will give it his all both on and off the ice.  Now with a pro contract on the horizon we just have to wait and see if Kuch has what it takes to make it in the big leagues. 

 

 

 

[Scurvy 1,202]

Review:  Great article.  Heartwarming and well written bio that covers more then just his hockey IQ and ability.  I liked the community coming together to help and for me it gave a Christmassy (not a real word) feel.  lol.   Great job adding a photo as well.  9/10. 

[ForeTwenty 19]

3 hours ago, Scurvy said:

Review:  Great article.  Heartwarming and well written bio that covers more then just his hockey IQ and ability.  I liked the community coming together to help and for me it gave a Christmassy (not a real word) feel.  lol.   Great job adding a photo as well.  9/10. 

Thank You!

[Shindigs 1,771]

20 hours ago, ForeTwenty said:

Eaton Kuch

 

Eaton Dusty Kuch, grew up as any typical Canadian kid with a passion for hockey.  Although he didn't have the typical start that most players do.  Being raised by a single mother with three siblings, Eaton's family simply couldn't afford to put him into an organized league.  That didn't stop Eaton from chasing his dream.  It all started when he was just 7 years old, his brother Dickson (11), would take him down to the local outdoor rink to play with him and his friends.  Dickson brought his brother out thinking it would just be an easy way to baby sit.  Little did he know that Eaton was born to play to the game.  They went down to the rink every day that first winter, and Eaton's improvement blew everyone out of the water.  By the end of the winter Eaton was keeping up with his brother and his friends, in skating and his vision of the game was undoubtedly god given. 

 

Over the next few years that was what Eaton's winters consisted of.  Everyday you would see him down at the rink playing with the other local kids.  When there was no other kids to play with, he would push himself through drills, skating until he couldn't feel his legs any longer.  HIs mom remembers a night when Eaton was 13 and he had just come home from the rink, with two massive blisters on each foot.  She asked him "Why do you do this to yourself? You know that I can't afford to sign you up for an actual league."  HIs response sticks with her to this day.  "Momma, I am going to keep working hard at this, because I don't know why but I have a feeling that this is what I was meant to do."  The kid couldn't have been more accurate.  That year the community hosted an outdoor tournament, where Dickson and his friends entered a team into the U18 division. They had to make a request to be able to have Eaton play for them as an underaged player.  The teams in the division all laughed, as they agreed to the request thinking they would walk all over this kid.  In the 6 round robin games of the tournament, Eaton put up a whopping 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists).   In the quarter final game he would add another 6 points to the tally.  The final two games were much tighter with, outstanding goal tending performances on both ends of the ice.  He still managed to put up 5 points in those two games.   

 

That following Monday, Eaton's face was plastered on the front page of the local newspaper.  The article talked about a local phenom playing years above his age, that never played organized hockey.  Noah Dea the writer of the of the column (and Eaton's biggest supporter outside his family) made a plea with the community that would change Eaton's life forever.  Noah asked the community to make donations to give Eaton a shot at playing some real hockey.  Noah thought at first this would be fruitless, but boy was he wrong!  The whole community came together and got Eaton everything he needed to get his career started. The following year when Eaton was 14 he would play his first game of organized hockey.  He opened his playing career up with 2 goals, and 5 assists.  His career only developed from there, as he was quickly receiving interest from junior league scouts.

His junior career only continued to show the same trend.  Eaton was turning into a shutdown d-man with insane offensive passing awareness.  He was liked among his team mates and staff on the teams for his dedication and hard work.  He will give it his all both on and off the ice.  Now with a pro contract on the horizon we just have to wait and see if Kuch has what it takes to make it in the big leagues. 

 

 

 

So your player is a playmaking defensive defenseman, and you live to make awful (read: awesome) puns? I find this highly relatable! Too bad we couldn't get you in the Miami locker room together with Mia Khalifa and Bo.

 

 

[ForeTwenty 19]

1 hour ago, Shindigs said:

So your player is a playmaking defensive defenseman, and you live to make awful (read: awesome) puns? I find this highly relatable! Too bad we couldn't get you in the Miami locker room together with Mia Khalifa and Bo.

 

 

Yeah, I was born a raised a Habs, and grew up watching Markov silently put up points while still being really solid on the line.  I appreciate that you tried, but my patriotic heart was being called to coastal fogs lol

[Shindigs 1,771]

Just now, ForeTwenty said:

Yeah, I was born a raised a Habs, and grew up watching Markov silently put up points while still being really solid on the line.  I appreciate that you tried, but my patriotic heart was being called to coastal fogs lol

Unfortunate, but I wish you the best of luck. May your Defensive stats be dank, and your memes fresh!