Augustus Kennedy - Junior Review

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When thinking back on the time spent before joining the VHLM, Augustus Kennedy really has a lot of fond memories, but the odd thing is... none of them were really hockey related. Augustus is the youngest of his four siblings, all of them also athletes of varying sports, but none of them being a hockey athlete. Being that his whole household was full on sports mode, it just came about over the young years that Augustus would indeed be doing something with himself related to sports, he just didn't know what that something would be. During his very early years, everyone including his parents made him try it all, from soccer to which he hated, football to which he just didn't connect with, baseball to which he didn't have a good enough swing and even all the way to basketball even though he just wasn't really interested, and with all of those things tested, there was one more option the family had for him. 

 

 

Augustus being a late bloomer didn't know much about hockey, he didn't know how to skate, he didn't know about equipment, but his parents were adamant that he do something sport related so this is what he pushed himself to do. Little by little his siblings helped mold him into something he really wanted to be, a goalie. Of course, it came with a price, he was the 'target practice' for all of his brothers wicked slap shots and his sisters insane dangles, but eventually... he wasn't. Slowly but surely he learned the techniques, how to avoid being scored on via a cross-crease and how to make himself larger than life in net, his hand speed and reaction times were improving every single week that he was out on the ice and eventually, he just clicked and found his groove. 

 

Being a Canadian kid, Augustus ended up taking his talents to the OHL where he would join the junior team "Oshawa Generals" for half of their season, at first it was just on tryout, he was there to just learn the ropes in a more professional setting and of course, to see if he was capable of being that elite level goalie he wanted to be. What was once a tryout turned into a consistent backup role and eventually, to their starting goalie role after he began to win them game after game, he was becoming the reason for their success. 

 

About half way through, his agent got a phone call and was told that he had an opportunity to make it huge, the biggest league of them all, the VHL. He would have to start in their minor league system he was told, and would be draft eligible for the minor draft should he want... and while it was a tough decision to leave such a stable environment, Augustus and his agent chose to take the plunge and get their feet wet at even a more elite establishment. Once the decision was made, Augustus finished his junior season with the Gens, and ended up in the draft where the Saskatoon Wild took him late in the rounds to secure him as their starting goalie. 

 

And the rest now... is history in the making.