Colin Conklin-33Year old Rookie [2/2]

[Bobby Bummhole 25]

    Born in 1986 in a remote Ontario town Colin Conklin always adored the game of hockey. He started playing street hockey with friends and watching every hockey game he could. He started off as a forward when his dad signed him up, but his skating was never really exceptional, he struggled greatly, Not scoring for most of the year in his first year of Timbit hockey at the age of 7. The following 2 years were difficult for him as he struggled to find his love for the game again, He became bored of hockey and began playing soccer and stopped playing hockey. On a really sunny summer day a few of his friends were playing street hockey and invited him, he joined them but one of his friends, his teams goalie fell and scrapped his knee pretty bad so he went home. Without a goalie his friends decided to go home but Colin said he’d try it out since buddy left his equipment. He loved it. The adrenaline rushes, the shots flying towards him, he loved it all, and that night he told his dad he wanted to play hockey again, but this time in net.

 

They went down to the arena and met with the manager who was a goalie himself and had even played some AHL Games. He gave Colin some older pads and his dad bought him a plain white helmet and promised to paint it for him for his birthday. He got flames and his new teams logo on his and in his first practice on the team, he stopped everything. That minor hockey team did pretty well and Colin cemented himself as the starting goalie and played really good hockey, keeping his team in games.

 

CHL

He played a year of midget in the Toronto minor Hockey System and ten was subsequently drafted by the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL. He didn’t play his first season in the WHL, he spent another year in the minors, Improving his game and won the championship and was named MVP Goaltender for the tournament. The following season, with both goalies being overagers, Colin was brought in as the 1B Goalie but quickly took the starting reigns and ran with it. Putting up a .932 Save percentage and 1.96 goals against average. 

 

The hitmen were eliminated in the First round that year, but the following year, Colon continued to dominate the scene, putting up a .946 Save percentage and a 1.87 GAA. The hitmen went on to win a championship, And Make the memorial cup where they were swept and Colin allowed 15 goals in 4 games. Colin was passed over in the draft and Played the next season with a .942 And 1.99, and his season finished in the second round. 

 

 

 

Being too old for the CHL Colin went on to play university hockey, he played 2 Seasons with studying business the the Calgary University. In those 2 seasons his addiction the game game slipped as he focused on his future, he stilled watched the game, but he found it began harder to find time to play and practice. After graduating he signed a 1 year contract with a ECHL team, played 44 games with a 32-9-3 Record before a leg break ruined his season, Even after s tremendous season his contract wasn’t renewed and Colin’s career looked to be over as he went into the real estate Buissness.

 

 

Professional 

He played in semi pro leagues on the side as well as beer league teams, always being one of the best goalies, his senses and quik hands never truly leaving him. His employer, a real estate company began doing a fundraiser to raise money for charity, a hockey game with former Professional players, Being a former WHL Player Colin was chosen as one of the representatives of the company to play in the game, which would take place in Houston. He trained for weeks, hoping to impress his boss and get lots of money for the event, Then he flew down and took part in the charity tournament. He played extremely well, Winning all 4 of his games, 3 on a shutout. The Assistant GM Of the Houston Bulls @Jables Was watching the tournament and decide to meet with Colin, being so impress he offers him a job as a Emergency backup to Nicklaus becker. He graciously accepted, quit his job, signed a contact and prepared for his Opportunity. 

 

 

Before his first game as Backup, Becker Claimed he felt sick, and that’s when Colin was called upon to start. His first game didn’t go as planned as he was pulled after being lit up by The Marlins. The following game he improved and since then he has shown slow improvements and become the team bonified starter. Despite Being 33 year olds, Colin has shown that some things just get better with age.

(Colin makes a save for the bulls)

Edited May 30, 2019 by Bobby Bummhole

[Jayrad28 396]

Review: Fix the font. Otherwise it’s great man! It’s pretty cool to see such an old guy getting the call late in his career for one last shot at glory! 

[fonziGG 1,068]

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Great bio but the text is so large that it took away from a great story, no lies.

[ConnorMcdavid 180]

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Good bio! Well written and develops nicely. Like previously said, the font should be fixed. I believe this happened because this was pasted into the message on mobile.. it this is the case, when you type articles this way there’s a feature at the bottom of the post (before you post it) where you can change it from Rich Text to normal text.