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Early Life

     Kyle Sabertooth was born in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1999. He lived with his parents, and his older brother. As a child he was very active. His mother said he was “bouncing off the walls.” Kyle was very social and energetic. He had many friends and was very happy. His parents were impressed at how level headed he was, noting that after he turned two years old, he had virtually no tantrums.

      During his early years, he and his older brother, Mark grew very close. Mark was six years older than Kyle, but that never seemed to be a problem. They did almost everything together, from going on adventures to playing Halo together. They were inseparable. In 2004 when he was 11 years old, Mark started playing Lacrosse. After practice, he would come home and teach Kyle what he learned. Their parents even bought Kyle a mini Lacrosse stick so the two could play together. After they would throw, they would always come in and play halo 2 together. Mark and Kyle were perfect together, but one day would change everything.

        On August 29, 2005 Kyle’s whole life changed. One of the worst natural disasters in US history occurred. Hurricane Katrina made landfall, and devastated New Orleans. Overall, over 1800 people died, and sadly, Mark was one of them. He was staying with cousins also in the city. Floods consumed the entire house, and killed everyone inside. Kyle’s family was devastated, with his mom nearly becoming suicidal.

A Changed Person

         The person most affected by Marks death was Kyle. He grew distant and cold. Gone was the carefree social child, replaced by an apathetic shell. For the first time in years, he experienced frequent tantrums and violent outbursts. He truly was a different person. For the next few years, he was a very distressed child. As he matured, he began to view his brothers tragedy in a different way. He saw it as his fault, and he vowed to never let anyone he cared about get hurt again.

Intro to Sports

          When Kyle was ten, he started playing football. He enjoyed the sport greatly, and it likely helped him get out his anger. He was a very good linebacker and running back, even though he lacked speed. He became more well behaved and social. He still was abrasive when first meeting someone, but now if they worked past that they would find an incredibly loyal and caring friend. Football helped Kyle’s mental health immensely. It also got him to start thinking about pursuing other sports, particularly those in the spring and summer. He tried soccer, but found that he was very bad with his feet. He was also pretty bored with the sport. He also tried baseball and was pretty good at it. He had a very powerful swing and a good arm. However, he found the sport to be very boring. He hated that most of the sport was just sitting around and waiting. Eventually he found that Lacrosse was the sport for him.

         Sabertooth initially was reluctant to play Lacrosse. It reminded him too much of his brother, and he felt that it would make him too sad. However, as other sports didn’t work out he decided he would give it a try. He immediately fell in love with the sport. He loved how it had the physicality of football, but the action never stopped. He became a star midfielder, and could easily have gotten a scholarship to Duke. He led his middle school team to two state championships.

          Kyle also started to workout often when he was not playing Lacrosse or Football. He spent nearly every minute he had in the gym. In his 8th grade year he gained 35 pounds while maintaining 7% body fat. He began to become a huge brute, dominating in both football and lacrosse. This helped him meet his first love. Through out that year he was in love with Jessica Hartman. They planned to marry each other as soon as they turned 18, however it was not to be, as in December of Kyle’s freshman season, his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Minnesota

          After a stellar freshman football season, Kyle’s family moved to Minnesota. His dad was offered a job there that no one in the family could confuse. Kyle joined a local high school, and started playing Lacrosse immediately. He brought new life to a dying team. He was the team's leading scorer, and was also lockdown on defense. He created numerous turnovers, often resulting in easy scores for his team. This team impacted his life in many ways, but easily the most important started off as a simple question.

         At the end of his freshman season, Kyle was asked by a teammate if he had ever played hockey. When he responded no, the teammate convinced him to give it a try. He spent the next few months learning how to skate and play hockey. When the season finally arrived, Kyle joined the team. He was at first very bad, as every one around him had much more experience. However he was able to figure out how to use his physicality to his advantage. He spent his first year as an enforcer, even once getting ejected for fighting. However throughout the year he began to figure out how to shoot, pass and other basics of hockey.

         After working on his skills all offseason, Sabertooth was finally a decent player in his junior year. He figured out how to play defense, and now had a dangerous shot. He also started to figure out how to use his lacrosse skills in hockey. He knew how to anticipate passes, and spin off of checks. His coach said that “His junior year was the first time you could tell that Kyle was special. You could see the flashes of brilliance, but then he would do something stupid and make you question everything.” Sabertooth finished out the year helping his team to the playoffs.

         By his senior year Kyle was a force to be reckoned with. He led his team to a state championship and received plenty of interest from VHL scouts. Eventually the Las Vegas Aces’ GM got in touch with Kyle and signed him. Kyle is currently a player for the Aces, and looks towards making his mark on the NHL.

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Review: Excellent bio man, I really like how almost 80-90% of the entire thing was about everything but hockey. Seems like quite the rollercoaster life for Sabertooth already, hopefully things can settle down for him as he finds his footing in Vegas and he can really focus on making a name for himself in the hockey world! Looking forward to seeing you out there on the ice once the season starts!