My goal is to make that team, like every other Des Moines kid's dream.
It would be such a great accomplishment for the program and the little kids who want to play for the Oak leafs when they get older. It'd great to have another Des Moines team win a championship.
Most kids have been skating since they were 3 on the ice. I'd say it probably took me a good year to get my stopping down. It was so tough. Everything else is different. Turning and everything. You have to get a feel for the balance on the ice.
I didn't even think I would even get close to 100. I had 65 last year. I knew we'd have three more games, so maybe I'd get a little more than 60, but I never would have dreamt 100, or 101.
