Uhtred's Junior Review

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Uhtred 18 years old 

 

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Uhtred's path to becoming a hockey player is different than most.   When you think of sports in the UK you immediately think rugby or soccer but he fell in love with the game at a young age.  Uhtred was born into a family that has been lord of bebbanburg for centuries and as the first born son he will also become a lord one day but until that day he is determined to become a great hockey player.   

 

It was the age of 7 that uhtred watched his first live hockey game when his family was in sweeden on business and decided to watch a local hockey game.  Uhtred immediately loved the speed and excitement of the sport and dreamed of one day playing professional hockey. Uhtred grew up hearing stories about all the famous warriors his family produced over the years and he's determined to follow in thee foot steps as an ice warrior. 

 

  Once the family retuned home from the trip to sweeden uhtred signed up for the local youth league.  After his first season on the ice you could tell that uhtred had the skill to one day make his dream of becoming a hockey player a reality.    When uhtred was 12 years old, hehad to move away from home to Stockholm to join the frolunda organization in order to develop his game. This reminded him of knights of olden days who would often leave home at a young age to start their training to become a knight.  Sweden was the perfect fit for uhtred as the family has ties to scandanavia since the viking age.  

 

While at frolunda uhtred worked hard to improve his game quickly developing into one the top players at his age group.   His last season in frolunda he lead the junior league in scoring putting up 56 points in 50 games to win the scoring title by a single point.   Uhtred wants to become a great two way forward so that he can help his team at both ends of the rink. As he has been playing ng in Sweden for so long  he has followed the careers of some Swedish players and he doesn't want to become like William nylander. Nylander is such a talented player but he doesn't like to play defense very often and he is sometimes a lazy player.   During a recent interview after his final junior game uhtred said the following about the type of player he wants to become. "I want to develop his offensive skillset as its elite but combine that with a work ethic and attention to detail to become a great player at both ends of the rink.". Time will tell if uhtred will fulfil this goal or if he will become another player who has high expectations but is never able to reach them. 

 

With his junior career now complete uhtred has taken the next step in his hockey career by joining the league leading Saskatoon Wild where as a role player he will try to help them to win the title.