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he is mite sized weighing under a hundred pounds but he believes in miracles hard work and in
persevering
he was born with birth defects that almost claimed his young life
but after twenty eight surgeries and countless hours of playing time
this young man continues to strive for success
and always has a positive attitude
listen to his story
I had a cleft lip and cleft palette and I've had twenty eight surgeries since I was born
twenty-eight surgeries
and yet you come back and you're out on the rink and it doesn't stop you does
like two or three weeks later
two or three weeks later
in fact in the medfield game as i recall when you were in the championship game you
were really close this close to not making it back out of shriner's hospital
and you came back and you had a great game I scored the game winning goal in overtime to go to the finals
so Korey how has your
your cleft lip and your cleft palate and your twenty eight surgeries
how has that impacted not only hockey but your life
it really hasn't impacted that much
it's just there
and I don't really notice it
I just do everything as normal
like usual people
like usual people
you've never been in trouble korey as long as I've known you you've never been involved with drugs
you've never been involved with alcohol never really have been subject to discipline
at least
that i know of
tell me how have you kept away from all of these things
I just have a sense if
someone's bad
to not hang out with them and hang out with
people that
do the right things and make their own choices