![]() ![]() And then he began to belittle me in front of my teammates, the coaches, whoever would listen to him. Then he took my gear outside and threw it on the roof. There was this guy on the team - he was the top-prospect, future-NHL-star type that most junior teams in Canada have - and he looked at me, Akim Aliu, and chose to make my life a living hell.įirst couple of practices he put Tiger Balm in my jock. ![]() But from the moment I joined the Windsor Spitfires, I had a target on my back. I was just a raw 16-year-old kid with a big ol’ dream that he’d make it to the show one day. It was the year I’d left my family home in Toronto to go play hockey in the OHL. In 2005, in a tiny arena in Windsor, Ontario, I fought for my life.
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