James Neal is celebrating a special day today!

We learn to love and hate professionnal hockey players through the years. We see them, day in and day out on the ice, working hard to achieve greatness. However, we tend to forget that these guys were all junior players at some point and learned to win in the junior leagues. 

James Neal played for the Plymouth Whalers in the OHL back in 2006-2007 and achieved the ultimate goal that year. 

The very young Neal scored 65 points in 45 regular season games. On top of that, he earned 25 points in 20 games during the playoff and help carry the team to the OHL biggest trophy. 

Neal might get the chance to win an even bigger prize with the Preds this year and that 10 years anniversary would be very fitting indeed.