Pierre Persson biography [2/2]

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Name: Pierre Eric Persson

Born: 17 october, 2002

Hometown: Karlskrona, Sweden

Youth team: Mörrum Hockey

Position: Defense

 

 

 

 

Naval family

 

Born 17th october, 2002 in Karlskrona, the naval capital of Blekinge in southeast Sweden, in a strict military family consisting of his father Stig Persson, a high ranked naval officer, and his mother Heliina Kuus-Persson that his father met when he was doing military service in Estonia. Aswell as his older brother Erik, his older sister Jessica and his younger brother Patrik.

Growing up he wanted to be just like his father, to travel the world and help people in need. He loved to hear his fathers stories, no matter how bad or even gruesome they sometimes could be. And while it didn't exactly go as he first dreamed of, he still traveled the waters around Karlskrona together with his brother Erik, fishing, swimming or spy on women at one of the several beaches in their town, just like the rest of the boys in their age did.

 

Aerial view of his hometown Karlskrona

 

 

Dreamer

 

School wasn't for Pierre and he always sat in the back, looking dreamy out of the windows. Dreaming that he was the captain of one of the world's largest fishing boats, sailing from country to country, meeting new people and discovering new cultures.

His daydreaming was not to his teacher's or parents' satisfaction, but he didn't care. In the end, his teacher, in consultation with his parents, put him in a group of students with special needs in an effort to get Pierre not to fall behind in school. 

He loved the water and he loved ice hockey. So his teacher made it so his homework consisted of writing short stories about his dreams of being the captain of a fishing boat, feeding the weak and poor with their catch. Or about that time he and his crew sailed to the Caribbean and on the way met an entire shoal of mermaids who tried to induce them to come with them down below the surface.

Aswell as math problems consisting of different ice hockey statistics.
                                                                If Mario Lemieux played 915 games and scored 690 goals, how many goals did he score on average per game?

 

 

Big guy

His father was just like Pierre a big fan of ice hockey and took him to the rink to teach him to skate already at the of age 3, and he quickly learned to get around the ice on his own two legs, without his father's help or support. When he was five, he started training in a smaller team for children, but while the other kids chased the puck and tried to be the first to score, Pierre instead stood in front of the goal to try and stop them.

That's why many thought he would eventually become a goalkeeper, but Pierre wanted to stay out on the ice and help his teammates. He had watched games from the United States that his father had recorded overnight where the defenders with ease had deflected a pass or heroically thrown themselves infront of the puck to stop it from entering the net. He wanted to be just like them.

When he got older he was far from the biggest guy on their team, quite the opposite, he was the shortest defender on their team and even some of their forwards so he had to depend on his awareness to keep the others from scoring or intercept to start a counterattack. 

 

Pierre at the age of 12 in his youth team Mörrum Hockey

 

 

Bully the bully

 

Due to his height (58" at the age of 13) Pierre was always an easy target for bullies, that he also played for the rival team of Karlskrona hockey didn't help at all, rather the opposite. He was often called the stinking fish cleaner, not because he smelled, but because Mörrums team logo was portraying a salmon playing ice hockey. Nor did it help that the leader of the bullies, Marcus, was one of the better players on Karlskrona Hockeys youth team, teasing and taunting him whenever he had the chance in school, aswell as every game that they met. 

After several years of being the shortest boy in school, Pierre suddenly found himself in a grow spurt, growing several inches over the summer break. He decided to finally stand up for himself and not accept being the main target of the bullies anymore. Not only did he grow taller, he also was getting bigger from helping his father cleave firewood and carry them into the shed to prepare for the cold winter, among other things. 

 

From then on, no one seemed to dare to pick on the now 5'9" tall boy, only one and that being his main antagonist Marcus. The two always seemed to end up in a fight in school whenever they passed each other in the corridor. Even on the ice they chirped back and forth, trying to make the other one to lose their cool. And Pierre loved it, he was never the person to get any satisfaction in getting other people down, more so the other way around, but this was different. He loved to see the rage build up inside of Marcus, too afraid to do anything due to Marcus now being the one that was several inches smaller. He loved to watch Marcus struggle the further on the games went, mistake after mistake, time and time again.

 

Pierre and Marcus fighting at the youth regional finals

 

 

Over the pond

 

After years of developing his skills in Mörrums youth academy, even getting a dozen of games in the main roster where he ended up being one of their top defenders, contributing in both offense but most importantly in their defense, using his speed and strength to keep the net safe and his situational awareness and hockey IQ to line up guys much bigger and stronger than he was. 
His success had made talent scouts get their eyes on the young defender, which he also became aware of during the qualifying matches to the second division in Sweden, where Pierre played as if he was in trans. Nothing seemed to be able to stop him, the hits were perfect, the passes spot on the stick blade no matter how crowded he was. His best game was sadly also the last game that they lost, two goals and three assists wasn't enough as the opposing team ended up scoring six goals against Mörrums five. 

Despite the loss he was still very much looking forward to the coming season where he then would be having a permanent spot on the team. But one day his agent gave him a call and said that he had been contacted by the London Knights head coach who was very pleased with the way Pierre had been playing in Mörrum and had been seeing alot of potential in the young defender, convincing him that the Knights was the team for him if he ever wanted to live on his great passion. 

The summer was almost over and he flew over to London, Ontario, Canada, more nervous than the otherwise confident boy had ever been, both from living on his own and so far from his family for the first time in his life, but also how his teammates would recieve him. 

But little did he know that he by the end of the season would be one of the team's most influential players for most of the season, helping their goalie to shutout five games in a row, and not letting and don't let in more than two goals in the rest of the matches. 

 

 

 

San Diego Marlins

 

When the call finaly game from Rockstar, the GM of San Diego Marlins he didn't hesitate. He knew that he was ready, sure he was nervous, but he was determined to give this all that he got to help this new expansion team in reaching their goals. He loved it in San Diego and it felt like home from the start, he had been well received by his teammates and his coaches, the city was almost identical to his hometown in that the water was like a beautiful painting outside the window of his apartment. 
He looked down at the crowded streets of San Diego and thought back on his youth days in Mörrum and Karlskrona, he felt like a winner and his journey had just begun...

Edited May 17, 2019 by Dominus89

[Greg_Di 942]

Review: Great biography. Good length, good backstory for your player and a good amount of pictures. I don't see anything wrong with this bio, only thing I would maybe add is some quotes from the player himself or past coaches/team mates. Great bio and welcome to San Diego!

[VanCanWin 180]

Review: Overall, a very solid bio! The backstory develops quite nicely and the pictures bring the story more to life. 

Sentence structure and some grammar errors could be cleaned up but other than that it was an enjoyable read! 

Good luck out there!