"I've waited all summer to play a hockey game," begins Garret Sparks, who exudes all the excitement and confidence you would hope for in an aspiring NHL goaltender. Perhaps most importantly, Sparks is now also showing the maturity and dedication to match.
"I'm 22 years old now, and I'm trying to ... solidify myself as somebody who has polished themselves professionally and is doing all the right things in the off-season, and is making the changes that, you know, maybe an 18 year-old kid doesn't get, but a 22 year-old should ... I lost about 20 pounds this off season .