Sami Van Den Dreissche: Een Lied van Wafels en Hockey [In Progress]

[TsarPeter 12]

WORK IN PROGRESS

This was only posted to save it for a later date really. Ignore this

 

Childhood-Primary School

Sami Van Den Dreissche was born on February 26th, 2001 to a wealthy Flemish businessman and a famous Wallonian fashion designer. Growing up Brussels, he lived in a multilingual neighborhood, with both Flemish and Wallonians living side by side. While in primary school, Sami was a bit spoiled, with his parents bailing him out at least a few times. He went to a fancy private school due to his rich parents and did relatively well in school. His life wasn't perfect, however. He had to constantly deal with the media criticizing his every action, which placed a rather large mental toll on young Sami. In addition, he had anger issues that caused him to lash out sometimes at people, causing him to have a smaller than average group of friends. 

 

Secondary School

By the time he got to secondary school, he had gotten more refined compared to even the year before. He vastly improved on his anger issues and overall became drastically more mature. All seemed like it was going well, until his sophomore year. His parents got a divorce. Van Den Dreissche did notice a bit of tension between his parents but he was unaware of the true extent of what was going on. His dad was a Flemish nationalist who wanted Flemish independence or to join the Netherlands, while his mother was pro-Belgium. These opposing views led to massive arguments on a weekly basis, that were successfully hidden from Sami. Due to the turmoil of a divorce, Dreissche was lost having no clue what to do with himself. This feeling was exacerbated by the massive media coverage of the divorce. He was told about the divorce in early June, so, for the most part, it didn't affect him in school, but it was mainly over the summer. In July, his school mailed him to inform about the creation of a school hockey team. At first, he rejected the idea of ice hockey, as he was mainly academic focused. After pondering for a few weeks, he decided to watch some hockey and start to learn to skate. He was hooked as soon as he started watching, and took to learning skating as soon as possible. Although he wasn't the best at skating, once he tried playing some pickup hockey, he learned he was a natural offensive forward. His anger issues had come back due to the stress of the divorce, leading him to learn how to body check to take out the anger. 

IBM Raiders

Once Van Den Dreissche entered his Junior year, he tried out for the hockey team, IBM (International School of Brussels) Raiders Ice Hockey. Due to the lack of applicants, anyone who could skate automatically made the team. He was by far the most invested in the team and it showed in both practice and in game. He managed to be the top player in the high school league by 4 goals and 5 assists. This success in hockey allowed him to succeed in school, getting all As for the entire year. His success in both academics and hockey continued into his senior year. Due to his great success junior year, the number of people who tried out for the team increased ten-fold. He also earned the title of team captain for his success and served as the face of the hockey team, not only in the region but throughout the Benelux. The team played exhibition games with teams in the BeNe League, quite often losing but always making it close. 

 

 

TO BE CONTINUED

This was only posted to save it for a later date really. Ignore this

Edited March 2, 2019 by TsarPeter

[Fire Tortorella 2,653]

And people say my player's name is hard to spell!

[johnnyhockey42 13]

Cool background, awesome reading about the blessing/curse of your parents being wealthy businessmen/designers. Hockey came at a good time for Sami, you should mention how that has given him alot of passion for the sport! Otherwise, good job!