Denis Smirnov is looking toward the future after his Penn State career came to an abrupt halt, leaving him wondering what is next.
Splitting his time between his girlfriend’s house in Connecticut and his apartment in State College, Smirnov is getting back into a workout routine and focusing on his hockey skills after taking some time off to rest.
“I was hanging out for about the first week and a half, and just relaxing from a long season, and kind of realizing our college career is done,” Smirnov said. “I never had a long period of not skating, for two months, since I was five or six years old.