Reaching Hockey's Top Level No Minor Goal
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The following article featuring former St. Lawrence standout Mike McKenna appeared in the March 24 issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
By TODD DEWEY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
As he bounced around the minor leagues for parts of four seasons,
former Wranglers goaltender Mike McKenna always kept an even keel,
never getting too high or too low emotionally, as he kept alive his
lifelong quest of playing in the NHL.
But during a phone conversation with Las Vegas coach Glen Gulutzan
this year, McKenna lost it, choking up as he delivered the good
news: He had gotten the call he'd waited for his whole life. He was
going to realize his dream of playing in the NHL.
"It was just unbelievable. Honestly, I was kind of emotionally
overwhelmed," the 25-year-old McKenna said of getting called up
from the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals to the Tampa Bay
Lightning on Super Bowl Sunday. "I'd been on an AHL contract all
year, so it was really a shock.
Complete article can be accessed via the Review-Journal Web site by clicking here.
