Backstory for Isaac Ratcliffe and Nick! Only if you have time ofc
i am procrastinating on doing my work so yes i do have time, haha. some of this is gonna be in the long post, so iâm not going into AS much detail as i probably could.Â
they both grew up in london, ontario, down the street from each other, and were childhood best friends. they played minor midget hockey on the same team, where their coach said this about them: âthey wanted to know who would you pick first: nick or ratty . . . and i would always say the same thing: both of them.â
ratty talks about nick like this:
"Nick and I practically grew up together. We played together starting at age seven. Every memory I have of minor hockey, Nick was always there with me . . . We had a lot of success together and it's in large part thanks to him. He has a very high hockey IQ, he has one of the best shots and he's one of the most talented players I know.Â
"He could be like my little brother just because he's shorter than me," cracked Ratcliffe, who is 6-foot-6. "He's a guy who is very intelligent on the ice and off it. I would even say that sometimes you could say he's like my big brother. He reels me in at all the right moments. We each benefit from each other. It's exciting to see him keep developing and he's helped my career in a huge way."
here they are in 2015, the year both of them were drafted:
nick was picked 14th overall by the owen sound attack; isaac went 15th to the guelph storm.
they âboth dreamt of playing on the same teamâ even though they werenât drafted together and continued to train and work out together during the summer.
they both had successful careers in the ohl (not getting into too much detail here about that, haha). and were both in the 2017 draft class. nick was drafted 13th overall by the vegas golden knights and ratty was drafted 35th overall by the flyers. both of them were sent back to their respective juniors teams after their first dev camp.
in september 2018, nick was traded to the habs. then, in january 2019, nick, who was the captain of the attack by that point, was traded to the storm along with sean durzi and zach roberts. ratty, at that point, was the captain of the storm.
ratty describes finding out in this way:Â
"The day before the trade deadline, Nick called me. We actually had a game that night. He woke me up from my pregame nap and said, 'What are you doing?' I told him I had been sleeping and he said, 'I'm on my way to Guelph right now, I think I was just traded'. I jumped out of bed and I almost had to run through the streets I was so excited.â
in this video where both of them talk a lot about each other, ratty mentions nick was always âby his sideâ as a kid and that even though it was âthree short yearsâ they were playing apart âit felt like an eternityâ and when they played the first game back together it was like âthey never left.â
they went on to win the ohl championship together and compete for the memorial cup (they did not win).
their coach describes them again:
âTheyâre completely different players . . . Theyâre both amazing and bring something unique to the table. Theyâre phenomenal people off the ice and talented on it. Nick would be more of a quiet leader while Isaac was extremely mature for his age. It was like taking to a 30-year-old when he was 15.â
theyâve always been competitive with each other but play well together, etc.
absolutely no chill:
[Sources: A Fruitful Reunion;Â Longtime London Teammates Reunited; the video.]
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So Marin came 5th in both her GPs - is that pretty typical for a new senior? And what do you think she needs to do in order to place higher in the future?
itâs pretty good for a new senior, especially with how deep the ladiesâ field is right now. and marin couldâve scored higher without mistakes. going forwards, she needs to make sure she has consistent jumps, get her spins and steps up to level 4, and probably raise her base value too. these days, that usually means backloading (which can be...bad if itâs not done well) but she might also benefit from having a lutz in her SP (she attempted 3Lz3T and 3F at skate canada, and might go back to that layout in the future if sheâs healthy). and working on the general quality of her elements, improving GOE, making sure she doesnât get underrotations, etc. marin already has a lot of good qualities to her skating; consistent performances will do a lot for her going forwards.
For your JvR anon - they played against each other this season in the first game against the caps. No idea about prev seasons
thank you! so the consensus seems to be at least once. whether there are more... you may have to do some digging on hockey reference. there are game logs there with the rosters so you could always compare the flyers games
I was wondering if you had any fics by millerette saved? The author deleted all the fics but I'd like to read them again, especially dig my grave both wide and deep
I unfortunately do not.
Followers, if any of you have a PDF saved, please let clockworkgreywaren know!
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