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Hey, this is John Gordon, with the John Gordon show and today I am with

Justin Rothschild over Justin how you doing so good John so good to see you. Great to see you.

I'm glad I pronounce your name right.

I always just go Justin, rubber, rubber, and we just go from there.

But it's great to have a name that people have to learn how to pronounce

because it makes them remember you, am I right?

Totally. People always say, you know what, I've never been able to say that right, but I know I've heard

it somewhere before. I know I've seen you before and I was like, yeah, you see, you hear it once, it's hard to forget.

Justin you were an athlete growing up and you were a hockey player.

Talk about the rise in terms of being an athlete playing hockey and

where it ultimately took you at the professional level.

Yeah, so as I was as I was coming up born and raised in Edmonton, it's kind of like a

right of passage to be a hockey player and that's really all I ever wanted to be.

It was my biggest goal, it was my ambition, it's what I set out to. I thought it was

going to be an NHL star, as most kids probably do in whatever sport that is. And as I got further along, the biggest thing I noticed was not only was that not God's plan for me and I continued to try to force it, but it opened up

doors that ultimately did allow me to become empowered in a higher level.

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