Whitney Carving Own Path to Success
The following article featuring Cornell defenseman Sean Whitney appeared November 28 on the New England Hockey Journal (NEHJ) Web site.
By Dan Guttenplan
Right around the time Sean Whitney was cut from his high school hockey team for the second year in a row, his brother, Ryan, cracked his first NHL roster.
Sean, a Scituate, Mass. native, says he started to question his hockey future as a sophomore in 2005 when he was cut from the Thayer Academy (Braintree, Mass.) squad for the second time. Meanwhile, Ryan — a former standout at Thayer, Boston University and the fifth overall selection in the 2002 NHL draft — was starting his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
“It was definitely really tough,” Sean Whitney said. “I was kind of big and slow. I knew I wouldn’t have a big role, but I thought I’d make the team. That was tough on me.”
Complete article can be accessed via the NEHJ Web site by clicking here.
