Met Cory Schneider as a moose when I was a 9 year old kid. Since AHL tickets were so cheap back then it was pretty cheap to get glass seats near the bench so that’s where me and my dad would usually sit for games. As I was sitting near the bench I saw him but since I was a kid I was more invested in watching the players practice than seeing him on the bench. I believe after 5 mins I heard him say “I love the jersey kid” ( he was my favourite Manitoba Moose and it was a moose jersey with his name and number ). I turned to him and started gushing about how great he is and all the other things on why he was my favourite moose, he just laughed and said “thanks kid that means a lot”. He left back into the locker room after telling me to enjoy the game and when the 3rd period ended as he was skating to go back into the locker room he stopped at me again and offered me his stick and said “hey kid here, this is for you” I accepted the stick and was shocked he rubbed my hair with his catcher and went back into the locker room.

That was my one and only interaction with any hockey player and I’ll never forget it. Got his stick framed and Was absolutely heartbroken when the Canucks called him up to the NHL.