Claimed:Leader of The Pack: Sven Wolf [Reviewed 1/2]

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Sven Wolf - G

March 25th, 2016

 

Sven Wolf was born and raised in the historic, beautiful city of Stockholm, Sweden. There his family of 4 (mom, dad and brother) lived in an large, upstate suburb alongside the Baltic sea. With the house covered in black stone and magnificent, huge windows, the grass green as could be and always cut, and a Swedish flag standing tall and proud alongside a gated entry into the residence, it was safe to say Wolf came from a line of wealth. He participated in Stockholm's highly respected private schooling system and had attended one of the best school they had to offer. Within his school, was a hockey program like no other school in Sweden had offered. With the likes of Peter Forsberg and Tommy Salo running the program, the children were established from a young age. It was an important program to the school as hockey was extremely large in Sweden, so throughout the school week Sven spent 10 of the 40 hours on ice (2 hours a day).

 

Hockey was a passion for Wolf and something he had from a very young age. Sven wore his first pair of skates when he was 2 years old and was skating by the age of 3. His father bought him his first pair of goalie pads when he was 6 years old and from there Sven found his passion for stopping the black piece of frozen rubber. Throughout his younger years of hockey, Sven outplayed most of the children his age. Although his father told him it was for fun and to just enjoy himself, he craved and desired to win and be the best. Season after season, the shelves soon became full at the Wolf residence of medals, pictures and trophies. It was an accomplishment his father was proud of. The Wolf's family revolved around hockey and knew that their son has a dream since young to play professionally. Due to their privileged lifestyle, his father honored his sons dream and did anything possible to help him reach his goal. Every year after hockey season, Sven did not hang up the skates and put the pads away until next season. No febreze scent touched the bag and the helmet was not retired on shelf until the puck dropped again. It was time for hockey school, an additional program outside his regular schooling  that allowed Wolf to spend as much time focusing on improvement.

 

As he became older, Sven Wolf became the talk of Stockholm and a majority of Sweden. His name was in the papers and even sometimes on the news. There was the phenomenal young kid who was shaping out to be a star. He was tagged with the nickname "The Black Wolve", and by his friends as "The Beast". He continued playing in house leagues until one night his family received a phone call. Sitting around the table late one night, the phone rings. His father answers and after a brief conversations his father entered the room and told Sven someone wished to speak to him. The Stockholm Junior Vikings were on the other line and had expressed to Sven how they've been watching him for 2 seasons and loved his determination, focus and playing style. 2 months later and after immense training in his backyard with his father, Sven Wolf was the new back up for the Junior Vikings in Stockholm. For the first half of the season, Wolf worked to earn his way up the charts and to make a rush for starting goalie. His play was consistent and strong, however, due to his age, they gave their original starting goalie the nod the whole year. Through the 62 game season, Wolf appeared in 20 spotting a record of 14-4-2 with a GAA of 2.56 and a SV % of .920.

 

The following season, Stockholm's starter was drafted to a new league and Wolf got the nod. He took over in the teams net and after the first month of the season, all of Stockholm knew about him. He was featured in the papers each week. "The Beast Takes Over", "The Boy Who DID Cry Wolf", "With Teeth Like a Beast" are what some of the headlines read. He led the team on a 8 game winning streak that month and throughout the rest of the 62 game season, rocked a record of 41-13-2 with a GAA of 1.88 and SV% of .931. He led his team through playoffs and his team eventually lost out in game 7 of the championship finals. Immediately following the game, Wolf was approached with his family by 2 Swedish Elite League Scouts. They offered him a tryout in 3 weeks and offered him their congratulations on an amazing, successful season. Wolf accepted and told them to expect his best.

 

His best is what they received and Wolf ended up making the team, once again as the backup goalie. He played the 72 game season, however, sat on the bench for 53 games. His season was strong and his club knew he was an excellent goalie, but the age factor and fact that they had another strong goalie pushed Wolf to be the backup. The team lost out in the first round of playoffs and offered for Wolf to come back the following season. While Wolf was appreciative of their offer, he expressed interest in coming over and trying his luck in the largest league in the world, the Victory Hockey League.

 

Shortly after the decision, his family went through some turbulence. His father got into an accident one night on the highway coming home from work. The roads were icy and the snow was blanketing the roads. Visibility was extremely low and the worst case scenario had struck the Wolf family. Sven's father had collided with a big truck, throwing his body from the vehicle and destroying it on impact. Nothing was left and his father was found cold and lifeless in the ditch. Due to the tragedy, Wolf missed half of the season and took time to spend it with his mother and brother. It was a very dark period for Wolf and he wanted time to sort things through. On his return to the ice 3 months later, he sported a black wolve on his mask, with large teeth snarling. It was ferocious and impressive, but along the side of his mask was a birthdate and death date and the initials HW, for Henrik Wolf. He played the rest of the season out and told himself for his father that he was going to make it big.

 

As of last week, the Victory Hockey League had no idea who Sven Wolf was. They'd never heard of the name, never saw him play and for that, couldn't give him a chance. Now, he's a member of the Brampton Blades and is working his way up to honoring his father who is proudly watching him from above. On his new Blades mask, is still the dates and the initials HW. Prior to every game, Wolf taps the posts, claps his blocker and glove together and then points to the sky with his glove. A salute to his father for watching over him and helping guide his success, and a little jolt to tell his dad "You're gonna want to watch this game. I'm feeling good". Where he ends up in the VHL is a mystery. With numerous goalies, it's tough to say. However, we feel like this kid is going to be something strong. Keep your eyes on Wolf - the BEAST is here!

 

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Overview: 5/5 - I like it a lot. Sven seems like a beast. Very odd that he never got a chance to start. Very cool story with the family and Wolf's father.

 

Grammar: 3/3 - Good. Only potential problem I saw was 'The Black Wolve' but wasn't sure if that was a mistake or by design

 

Presentation: 1/1 - I can dig the gifs

 

Over 1000 Words? 1/1 1268 words

 

Overall: 10/10

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