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Both players went to prep school ? Roenick
played for Thayer Academy, while
Mallgrave played at St. Paul?s. Roenick
was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks,
and skipped college for the NHL.
Mallgrave played four seasons at Harvard,
where he scored 95 points (47 goals and 48
assists) in 111 games, before being drafted
by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He spent
several years in the AHL and today, he is a
successful executive with J.P.
Morgan-Chase.
Roenick played 18 NHL seasons with the
Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia
Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose
Sharks. Today, he is a commentator for
NBC, and during the 2015 Winter Classic
between the Caps and Blackhawks, Roenick
interviewed the Little Caps on the NBC
broadcast.
Both he and Mallgrave remember their pee
wee years in Washington as some of the
best of their careers. ?Those were my most
memorable times,? Roenick says. ?Matty
and I have become lifelong best friends. We
talk at least once a week and see each other
as much as we possibly can. I still have a
lot of friends from those days that I still Roenick interviews the Little Caps at the 2015 NHL Winter Classic
keep in touch with. I talk to Tony Ryan
quite often.? commitment. Everything is easy for these much anymore. No pick-up games on the
kids today because of technology, and also court or field just between friends. Lots of
His advice to today?s Little Caps? ?I think
the advanced video game era. Kids don't go kids won't just go practice to get better. Too
kids today need to learn hard work and
outside and play sports with their friends as lazy or distracted. It's known that to be a
pro at anything it's 10,000 hours of practice
and sometimes you need to practice even
when you don't want to or are too tired. It
doesn?t matter where you are from if you
want it bad enough you will find a way to
get better.?
Mallgrave?s advice is to work hard, but also
keep hockey in perspective. ?The
probability of anyone making it to the level
Jeremy Roenick did, it's so slight. But the
probability of having an incredible
experience in youth hockey and learning all
the life lessons that hockey gives you, is
very high. Just go out there and have fun. If
you have these life experiences through
these people, and you grow up with them,
you'll still be friends years from now.
Enjoy it, because before you know it, it's
gone.?
?When you turn pro it's a job,? he says.
?And it's a hard job. It's a really tough job.
You wake up in cities and you have no idea
where you are. You look back so fondly on,
going to these tournaments and having a
A 1980s-era scoresheet shows Roenick with 292 points blast. I'm glad that I had so much fun"

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