Jonathan Drouin shares a childhood story

In a recent interview Jonathan Drouin speaks about his father.

«I would just stand in front of the net and wait for passes or play goalie,» Drouin recalled in an interview I did with him four years ago. «At one point, my dad said: �If you want to play, you're going to have to take your boots off and put some skates on and go out there. Eventually, he just threw me out there on skates and said: �You're not coming off, no matter what.'

«I got used to it and kept going,» Drouin added.

Drouin also played tennis and golf as a kid, but hockey was his passion.

«My hands were first developed off the ice, but I realized that if I wanted to be a hockey player I needed to start skating,» Drouin recalled four years ago.

Drouin was 8 when he played his first season of organized hockey at the Novice B level. His skating quickly caught up with his other skills and 10 years later he was the No. 3 overall pick by the Tampa Bay Lightning at the 2013 NHL Draft.

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