Trimiskez Artav Biography

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Trimiskez grew up playing hockey. He learned to skate when his parents taught him at 3 years old. Artav always wanted to pick up the stick at every moment. Every day in Greenland after school, he would play hockey with his friends. Trimiskez sniped in goals every time they played. When he was young, his parents recorded him practicing and he was at a high level at an extremely young age. He considered his parent's support of him playing hockey as an extreme influence on his hockey skills. They would find his best trainers and pay them a lot to come out to Greenland. His dad started a youth hockey program so he could play as there was none in his area. Eventually, as he continued developing, junior hockey teams started scouting him. He ended up on the Saginaw Spirit. This was great for him and his family as he had relatives in the great state of Michigan. Trimiskez grew up watching Saginaw as a kid and was a fan of them. His favorite VHLM team was the San Diego Marlins as he loved their logo. Artav moved to Michigan, and his aunt took him in. Artav thought it was incredible as there was a much greater love for hockey in Michigan than there was in Greenland. He became friends with his teammates quickly, and he had already learned English in Greenland so it was an easy transition for him. He worked hard and scored 31 goals and got 28 assists in his rookie season. He led the league in points and his team went to the 3rd round of the playoffs before they were knocked out. He was 16 years old at this point. When he was 17, he had an extremely good season. He sniped in 44 goals and got 34 assists. Everyone was talking about him. He led his team to the finals and enormous watch parties were formed in Saginaw. He was facing the Peterborough Petes. They both fought hard and he had 5 goals and 4 assists in the 6 games so far. It was 3-3. Game 7 of the OHL finals. He scored two quick ones and they led 2-0 as the 1st period ended. Once the 2nd period started, they led 3-0 as his teammate scored. However, near the end of the 2nd Peterborough scored 2 to make the game 3-2. Then, the 3rd period began. It was nerve-wracking as Peterborough had so many chances. Then, at 19:48 Peterborough scored to put this into overtime. 2 minutes into overtime, Trimiskez scored to bring Saginaw the cup. He hoisted it and thought of how he would do in the memorial cup. Sadly, they lost all 3 games as Trimiskez scored 1 goal and 1 assist in all 3 games in total. This was a lackluster memorial cup for Saginaw. Artav thought maybe that he just wasn't cut out for big games like this. He then cut back to more positive thoughts and made an amend to himself. "I missed out on the Memorial Cup, I will not miss out on the next championship game I play in." He had to put that all behind him as he would start gearing up for the VHLM and the pro-am tournament. He had multiple offers to play at top-level schools like the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Boston College, Boston University, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and many more. He put all those aside and he said he wanted to go straight to the M. He received an offer to play in the pro-am tournament. Trimiskez graciously accepted as he wanted to play hockey with players of the highest level. Artav prepped rigorously. He lifted weights and practiced skating and shooting and everything in between. He still lived in Michigan as he wanted to stay here for the rest of the wait till the draft. He loved the people around him and he made many friends. Trimiskez Artav was still close with many of his teammates and a lot of them ended up going and playing college hockey. Many of their goals were just to go and play in college and get an education. But he was much more ambitious than that. He wanted to play at the top level. He wanted to play in the VHL. He would play in the VHL. He entered the pro-am tournament and for a lot of the games he hadn't performed very well. He received very little ice time as he wasn't even drafted yet into the VHLM. Artav still persevered and scored some points to help his team. Only time will tell where he goes in the draft. Artav wanted to go and meet up with his old friends that he played hockey with as a kid in Greenland. They congratulated him on winning the OHL cup and being the MVP. They all caught up and it was back to the grind for Trimiskez Artav.

Edited December 30, 2023 by jake