James Sixsmith loved hockey, but in the end, hockey didn’t love him back.

Like many talented players who grind it out as a professional hockey player, he experienced none of the wealth or glamour of professional sports. After three years playing for second tier, AA and top tier, AAA minor-league teams, he was still living with his parents in the off-season and making $28,000 a year. Along the way, he’d collected more than a dozen broken noses.

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