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Hockey School
by Paul on 12/15/08 at 02:40 PM ET
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from Kristina Rutherford of CBC Sports,
Mitchell Humphries moved halfway across the world to devote his life to hockey for the price of $28,000 a year.
Melbourne, Australia, isn’t exactly a breeding ground for hockey stars, after all, so the 15-year-old packed his bags and moved to Banff, Alta., to attend the Banff Hockey Academy. There, he goes to high school and plays hockey.
“My goal is to play division one college hockey,” Humphries says. He’s not the only one who’s traveled a long distance to make it happen, either.
Of the 25 elite hockey players who attend the academy, more than 50 per cent are from outside Canada.
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