From: Travis Kudleychuk <TK1216@GMail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 22:02
To: Thomas Kudleychuk <ThomasK01@richardsoil.net>
Subject no subject
Dad,
Thanks for letting me come to this training facility, it's a lot colder than I would have expected in July... but that's Calgary for you. The programs being run are incredible. We’ve been divided up into three “teams”, and guess what!? They named me captain! Do you remember Eli Dura from Dryden? He moved to BC last year and he is here too. One of the coaches heard him call me Captain Cuddles on the first day, everyone thinks it’s hilarious so they voted me captain of my team.
I really like a lot of the guys over here. Most of them are going to be drafted into the WHL next year, so it’s kind of fun to talk about who we think will be drafted where. I think Jordan Boyle is the real deal (he’s one of the other team captains). He’s got to be the best stickhandler I’ve ever met. The other captain is Jay Henry. Jay is my easily the best defenseman here, he is 10 months older than me so I’m not too ashamed to admit that, but I really wish I could skate like he does. His slapper is also really nice, but he’s helped me work on mine and I think it’s already getting better Jack Wandowhich is the best forward on Jay’s team, he isn’t quite as good at stickhandling as Boyle, but he has a good pokecheck and works harder on the PK drills than any other forward, I think he’s like a young Datsyuk.
As far as my team goes we have a real mix of talent, but the best player far and away is this blond kid from Quebec, Marc Dupont. Dupes is a real good goal scorer and can move around the other team’s defense with ease, I’m glad I don’t have to deal with him playing against me. He does have an anger issue though, we don’t really check each other that hard but the other day he buried Wando into the wall and I had to hold back Jay from trying to kick Marc’s French butt.
There’s one guy who’s really taken a liking to me as well. I forget what Dylan’s last name is, but there is one thing you won’t forget about him, he has wheels. I think he said he used to do figure skating but he wasn’t really interested in it anymore and wanted to try something new. He’s only been playing hockey for a little over a year, so he makes some bad plays sometimes but he is trying and I think he will get drafted by a WHL team based on his skating alone. He’s a shy kid, but when he comes out he is really quite nice.
Anyway, it’s getting late and we have an early scrimmage tomorrow. I’m really excited for my bantam year to start when I get home, I think I’m gonna do pretty good with everything I’m learning here. Tell mom and Kathryn I say hi, and I miss them.
Thanks again,
Travis
