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"It was a huge honor, because a lot of age 10 through U16. He lived an hour and going ice fishing and playing
guys deserved it,? Limoges said. ?But I and a half away from Kettler, in hockey outside.?
felt like I created a lot of [scoring] Winchester, Virginia, he says, ?so I
He loved sharing a rink with the NHL
chances, and I played sound learned how to sleep in car rides pretty
Washington Capitals.
defensively. I played the right way, ?Sometimes when we have an
and that made me feel like I could early Saturday practice or a
get the MVP.?
Saturday or Sunday game, and
With two championships under his we?d go the other side of the
belt, he was named captain of the rink to the Caps skating,? he
Storm in his second USHL season, recalls.
and played the first 36 games of In his final Little Caps season,
the season with them before being he scored 54 points (28 goals
traded to the Waterloo
and 26 assists) in the AYHL
Blackhawks. He scored 56 points
and Tier 1 Elite League, and
(22 goals and 34 assists) in 55 led his team to the AYHL
games with both teams ? seventh finals, before he was drafted
in the league ? and established the by Tri-City.
Storm?s record for consecutive
games with a goal in six straight ?I have a lot of great
contests. memories of my Little Caps
days, and I still talk to a
He also caught the attention of bunch of the guys and skate
NHL scouts. He was one of just with them in the summer,? he
40 players in the league selected to
says. ?We'll coordinate one
play in the USHL/NHL Top
day and go out for Stick and
Prospects Game in Sioux Falls, Shoot or Pick Up game. It?s
South Dakota, and earned an fun to keep up life-long
invitation to the Anaheim Ducks friendships are still going four
NHL development camp this
or five years after we left. It's
summer.
a lot of fun seeing where
Alex Limoges at Anaheim
?It was pretty exciting,? he says. ?I everybody ends up.?
had a lot of fun there and learned a Ducks Development Camp He still trains in Washington
lot too. A lot of big time names with his former Little Caps
there coaching and being around
well.? coach, Tim Graham, and does power
us evaluating us. It was nerve-racking, skating with ColdRush instructor
but at the same time, it was fun.? His favorite memories were the bus
trips to tournaments. ?It was good to Wendy Marco.
In March, he His advice for
committed to today?s Little
Penn State and Caps? ?You need
will begin " You need to be w illing to mak e to be willing to
playing for the sacrifices, but most important is just make sacrifices,?
Nittany Lions he says. He
this season. have fun an love the game, because learned from his
?Alex is a very after that all the hard w ork s comes coaches that
smart player who ?Great habits will
makes a lot of easy." lead to great
plays in traffic,? results.? But, he
head coach Guy - ALEX LIM OGES adds, ?most
Gadowsky says. important is to just
?He is a complete hockey player, who is just get away and just spend a couple have fun and love the game because
also good on faceoffs. He will hours on the bus with my teammates after that, all the hard work, sacrifices
contribute in all aspects of our game.? talking, goofing around. We went to and stuff like that come easy and make
Minnesota for a tournament up there. It
Limoges played for the Little Caps from it all worth it.?
was my first time being in Minnesota

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