Before playing pro hockey became a realistic dream for late-blooming Ottawa Senators defenceman Mark Borowiecki, he had his eyes set on following a path into the Canadian Armed Forces.
As a teenager, he even went so far as to talk with a recruitment official at Kingston’s Royal Military College.
“Ever since I was a little guy, I always wanted to be either in the military or to be a cop,” said the Ottawa native.
While his career plans changed after the Senators selected him in the 2008 NHL entry draft, Borowiecki couldn’t help but do some deep thinking about past and present soldiers on Remembrance Day on Friday.