Nethila Dissanayake's Biography [1/2]

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Nethila Dissanayake’s Biography

Name: Nethila Dissanayake

Position: RW

 Born: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Age: 24 Years Old

Hight/Weight:6’8 And 197lbs

Shoots: Right

 Early Years

Nethila Dissanayake was born in Sri Lanka which is a small developing country in Asia. Nethila was a small boy and he was always the smallest in groups. He came form a poor family with only a little bit of money. He had 3 siblings 2 boys 1 girl .He was the youngest in his family. His dad was a cricket fan and he wanted Nethila to play cricket. But he did not like cricket. he thought that it was boring. Instead he played soccer but he wasn’t a huge fan of soccer though. His 2 brothers played Cricket and his sister played Volleyball. At school he wasn’t the best he was a straight B and C student and he rarely got a A. his parents were pretty mad when Nethila got a C but he was still very young. So his parents weren’t mad at him that much. When he was 6 he moved to Canada to have a better education and to have a better life.

Middle School

When Nethila was 12 he was in middle school. One night he was watching TV and trying to find something to watch when he saw a VHL hockey game. He watched the whole game and he wanted to play it himself .He told his dad that he wanted to play hockey he said “you first need to know how to skate”. So Nethila took skating lessons and he got better and better.So then he joined the hockey team in his middle school.He was pretty bad at hockey and people laughed at him for that. He ignored them and he was getting better and better. But his grades weren’t so good. He was getting C’s and D’s. His parents weren’t so pleased the only subject that he got A’s in was Geography, which was his favorite subject. When his first game started, it didn’t go as planned. He had 10 penalty minuets 0 assists and 0 goals. People made fun of him.  But he didn’t care. Everyday he would go to the rink and practice for 3 hours and come back home which means that in a week he practiced for 21 hours which is almost a full day. At the end of the season he scored 14 goals and 23 assists. The next season he had 21 goals and 34 assists. His dad very proud of him.

High School

 

Nethila barely graduated Middle school. His mom and dad were very mad at him because of his poor grades. So his mom and dad made him stop playing hockey. Nethila was pretty sad but his dad said ”If you do better with your grades you can join the team again”. So he started doing his best on studies. It was hard but it payed off. Now he is a straight A and B student. The next season his dad allowed him to play hockey again. He was playing with the team again and when he was at hockey practice he noticed that there was a new person on the team. He greeted him and they started to become best friend. He found out that he and his family immigrated to Canada form Sweden and his name is Mike. He was the goalie for the team. Soon Nethila was one of the best right wingers in the league. All of his couches loved him. The people who were making fun of him were now respecting him. Nethila and Mike were going to the gym every other day together. Every season he and Mike were getting better and better at hockey. Nethila and Mike won 2 cups for wining the playoffs and then…

 

University

Nethila graduated high school and he got a scholarship to play for the Alabama State Hornets. And guess who got a scholarship for the same university, Mike! Nethila was so happy that his best friend was also in the same university as him. Soon after Nethila and Mike were the best players on the team. Nethila was one of the best goal scorers in the whole league. He knew that lots of scouts were watching him and lots of teams would want  him to play with them. Nethila was always practising to get better. He got 35 goals and 54 assists in his first season. Everyone was very impressed of his skill and he was a good teammate too. He gives complements to his teammates and tells them what they can do better in a nice way.“Nethila was born to play hockey” said one of his coaches “Anything he has done, he is good at” said another coach Nethila and Mike went on to win 3 cups with the Alabama State Hornets. He also did well in his school work. His mother and father were very proud of him.

                                                                                                           

After That

 

Nethila and Mike graduated university and Nethila started to play In the CHL.

He played for the Prince Albert Raiders and he was the best player on the Prince Albert Raiders .The league obviously and he was in the Sherwin Williams CHL/NHL top prospects game and Nethila was the CHL Player of The Year, the CHL Top goal Scorer and the CHL Scholastic player of the year.  Mike won the CHL Top Goaltender of the year and the CHL Rookie of The Year. When he was practicing, he got hurt. Mike got called up to the VHLM when Nethila was in the hospital hoping that he will still be able to play hockey. Mike was very sorry for Nethila.  but 6 months later he made a recovery and the best news was that he can still play hockey. 10 games later he got called up to the VHLM with Mike. He was very happy for him. Nethila signed with the Saskatoon Wild while. Mike signed with the Ottawa Lynx. They will play for the VHLM/VHL for a long time.  

 

 

Edited February 21, 2019 by nethi99

[rjfryman 1,120]

Very good read. I would have loved to have a few more quiet moments with the dad, maybe that due to my own upbringing where my father was overseas due to military service but it seems like Dissanayake's father seems like a really cool dude. I could be projecting but when he says 'you first need to know how to skate': without saying how much it will cost or that it's a weird dream or whatever he just seems like a really awesome father. Also with Mike being Nethila's best friend would have been cool for him to get his own quote when describing Nethila hockey playing ability in the second to last paragraph. All in all, I liked the small character developments and thought it was a good enjoyable experience to read the bio.

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@rjfryman Thx man I appreciate the feedback!