Rob Blake

Marie, a later pick.

I played that year a junior B.

drafted in that, that time you could go for 48 hours without giving up your college eligibility.

So I went to a camp, uh, you know, it hadn't been up to the Sioux.

It's pretty far too.

When I got up there, I did 48 hours, um, uh, got back home and they're like, well, you're not quite ready yet.

Go back to junior, uh, B for another year and maybe after that.

So my whole plan was to play junior B and then go to Sioux St.

Marie and play for the Greyhounds.

That second year I was in Stratford Junior B, uh, their coach, uh, Terry Flanagan, his dad, uh, was at Bowling Green.

So they had a connection to bring in players.

And the one right before me was Nelson Emerson.

He had played in Stratford, went to Bowling Green, but we were from the same hometown.

So I had known Nelson real well.

And I kind of got on that path about Christmas time.

Like, Hey, I think I'm going to go to Bowling Green.

I'm not sure about the, you know, whether I can make Sault Ste.

Marie or not.

And, uh, Bowling Green had a, you know, I had offered a scholarship to come down there.

Got traded to LA as I was playing here when Andy Murray was coaching.