Martin Frk’s life in North America began as it always does for the hockey players living with Doreen and Ken Bradley. With a trip to the grocery store.
In 2010, Frk arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a 16-year-old kid who didn’t speak English, who had people around him preferring he keep playing in his native Czech Republic, and with a dream of playing in the NHL. It was a dream that was sparked around the age of 12, when he first realized he had a better slap shot than anybody around him on the ice. He still does.