Game On Magazine 2017 Game On Magazine - Regular Season Edition | Page 71
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Photos by Bruce Fedyck, James Carey Lauder,
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I N T E RV I E W
Making it in
the Desert
BRENDAN
LEIPSIC
HEIGHT / 5’ 10
WEIGHT / 180
AGE / 23
According to his mother,
Brendan Leipsic always skated
to the beat of his own drum.
“He didn’t care what people
thought of him,” said Kathleen
Leipsic a couple of seasons
ago. “When people told him
he couldn’t do it, he just went
out and did it. He absolutely
hates to lose. For Brendan,
it has always been about
winning. He doesn’t handle
coming in second very well.”
Brendan Leipsic makes
no bones about it. There has
only been one goal. Some
way, somehow, this 5-foot-
10, 180-pound winger was
going to play in the NHL. And
this year, after