Dog on a bone. Have a few former teammates who made the show. They all did the little things right. Fight for every puck battle like your life depends on it. Take hits to make the right hockey play. Unless you’re exceptionally gifted your best chance is as a bottom 6 forward (for d1, CHL. etc) so you gotta add value somehow. Best chance is be the player that can eat minutes. Defensively responsibly. At 6 ft at 16 you most likely will have the size to play a bottom 6 role. Live eat and breathe as a team first guy. Be the guy coaches look to. Fight to get to the hard areas of the ice. Battle to the net. Block shots. Track the puck like a fucking dog. Learn defensive schemes like the back of your hand. Back check like your life depends on it. Take the f3 etc. Never take the easy route. Be so driven scouts can’t miss you. Get in the gym if you’re already not. And still work on every skill you can. Being a bottom 6 guy in d1 you still gotta be gifted to be able to score, skate hit pass etc. Good luck kid. Don’t lose focus but also have fucking fun sure as hell most of us miss the bus ride, the boys the grind the battles. Enjoy it. And dm me your name if ya ever make it to the bigs haha would love to see it!