The Captains: Rink rat Pachal finds home in Prince Albert
paNOW takes a look at the team leaders on the Prince Albert Raiders. This week, it’s captain Brayden Pachal.
Brayden Pachal technically grew up in his family home in Estevan, but if you ask his parents Kent and Rhonda, he may have spent more time on the ice than anywhere else.
“We had an outdoor rink in our backyard, so from about the age of two to seven, he would be out there every day skating,” Brayden’s mother Rhonda said.
Pachal would come home from school during the winter months and head straight out to the backyard rink, until it became apparent that his skill set had outgrown their facility. By the age of seven, the pucks were starting to fly toward the house and into neighbours’ yards, forcing Kent and Rhonda to disassemble the rink and take Brayden to the outdoor rink down the block.