" I don't feel -- straight home especially. -- Michigan hockey there's still helps -- America. It's Ramirez basketball team plane. They converted to. That's out -- is foolish not to. Good -- feel safe I think you're thinking how cool reaction you those guys and you know when agree life should be in that. Yeah I am I sit over there behind Michigan men's LA -- it's. My 67000. If you take care -- like have football stadium. It's pretty amounts. Especially in the big game Michigan State. The bands up in the corner. You know just -- in the fight song."

" Even from a young age playing for the wolverines and you'll Serena was the ultimate goal for Jack. It was no different than the dreams of any other young boy. Except that somewhere along the way. It's aimed at transformed from being a distant dream. To an inevitable outcome. -- Minnesota. Is a town of roughly 20000 people in the southeastern portion of the state. It's most famous export is the -- world invented by Herbert Eleanor in 1926. Since then the town has become known more for exporting hockey players thanks to Shattuck Saint Mary's. -- The private boarding schools first hockey team was formed in 1945. And most recently has become the most dominant youth hockey program of the last decade. Much of that success has come under the watch of former coach and current director of prospect evaluation. JP buries it. Well we have eight hockey teams where we kind of differ from others is that we we play him. Anywhere from 55 sixteenths -- seven. And as opposed to high school teams around us solely in Massachusetts and all of the most of those teams only play thirty games 34 games. And the school has turned out NH -- like JP's son -- it. Joe hormone and Patrick needs and by the time Jack was an eighth grade they had taken an interest in him."

" It was so different than what we're having we were coming from this AAA hockey that first of all made his life. Hard here because he was going to a demanding school I'd pick him up after school. We drive maybe an -- and I have to practice he'd have homework to do. We have practice to get home at midnight and they weren't meshing together very well and static. Has every right there. There a world renowned. Hockey program they understand. The combination. Academics and athletic."

" But with the schools 600 miles from the Johnson home and -- such a young age. The decision was difficult we were not prepared to send their boy away to boarding school in eighth grade. We weren't we -- may be selfish parents who weren't giving a --"

" And our whole feeling -- Jack is going to is that we're doing just with the family it was. A huge undertaking to just check out our whole lives that paid off for Minnesota by his captain."

" Kind of make a decision and say your priorities that they let a."

" One of Jack's best memories of static came when the team traveled to Los Angeles to play in a tournament. Any -- of the quote. Thank go to Los Angeles and yet I through Shaq so invited thirteen down here. Pre game skating. -- good down to locker room. Meet fellow players and you know threw beer from -- their -- Rob Blake came out. There's just -- try fifteen -- kids there and handed me respect. And here it is. One of his prized possessions you know like I couldn't believe and off him -- when my favorite players growing up."

" As Jack flourished in the -- program he also began to build a friendship with a school's other promising prospect. Sidney Crosby. "

" There are on opposing teams and try out there has gone out of a few days and I have. Knowing each -- we can. Out for each other first couple days. Pick the color on that has been picked over on the me."

" And they challenged each other said the former Jackson defenseman Jack couldn't have practiced against a better -- in the world. Instead the two quickly became inseparable. Thin iron. Then European question costs and hurt her teachers. It's an awesome pitcher we've also -- JV baseball coach. And a teacher encouraged him to come out some lucky just come on out come out to be funny guys can have around so all they did."

" I was paralyzed I was out of left field and can hang out. And -- Ellis and left field but they've got up bad guy now curators had. There is anybody came near sick and did -- Jack I got back. Yes I got pretty close the place -- trying to take along doing so then and next pitching courageous steps right into an Indians can't -- I've gotten elected -- You have dinner iron you know cut the pitcher before he got to second base with mentoring program. Fit and -- thought that the survivors are powerful. Where you know it's a narrower one standing in part to hope he missed all of that their whole team line down now."

" Dragon said they also share the distinction of being the only tenth graders on Shattuck prep team in 2003. By the end of the season. Sydney would score 72 goals to go along with his ninetieth us. And Jack Gordon finished with 42 points and more importantly -- himself as the most feared defender and prep hockey. -- cruise sixteen year old boys Johnson and Crosby will start an extraordinary amount of pressure. The lead their team to the tier one national championship. But even before the national championship season. He had already set his sights on the next step in his development. And there are plenty of people who already have their sights set up on Jack."