Allen piling up the points for North Stars
In Texas, football is king.
Yet there was Ben Allen, playing the sport he loved: hockey.
Allen and his older brothers all played hockey. Michael, five years older, and Thomas, three years older, also played soccer and baseball. Ben started with soccer and hockey. But soon, he switched to only hockey.
“After one summer, it was way too hot, so I just said ‘Mom, I’m going straight hockey,’” Allen said after North Stars practice on Friday morning. “And that’s how it was, since forever.”