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He was super smart, a good representation off the ice and on the ice, did all the little things very, very well. They see what their former teammates and their friends go through and it’s definitely not for everyone,” he said.Now adjusting to a 9-to-5 job, he is enjoying his new routine away from the rink.“I’m very schedule oriented, and I think that definitely worked in my favor getting into it. "They love what they're doing," Ed said of his sons. Picture taken at the Chicago Auto Show. “We both went into it with the mindset that we just wanted to go have fun and not take things too seriously, not be too stressed out — just enjoy Europe and see some new cities and some new countries and have as much fun as we can, and that’s exactly what we did.”Looking back on his time in the minor leagues, Olczyk remembers it as a “love-hate relationship.”“They don’t really offer multiple year contracts in those years to begin with, so guys really start to move around and realize how big the grind is. I am keeping the 19th Ward Chicago name because of the rich blog history going back to 2010 and because there is a ready-made base of similar-thinking readers. He was hired by the He earned a law degree at Cornell, worked for the NHL Players' Association for two years, and spent time in Phoenix and Chicago at consulting and law firms. "I kid them every so often, 'You guys never had a real job.' I always wanted to have my job combine my two loves -- hockey and law -- eventually. Eddie skated, and a hockey family was born.

The success the Olczyk family has had in the sport can largely be credited to the sacrifices Diana and her husband, Ed, made early in Eddie's career.

I think that's a perfect slogan if you can quote our family." That's what we did." His younger brother, Ricky Olczyk, also fell in love with the game. "We didn't know how expensive traveling was," Diana said. The family shared Eddie's hockey journey, turning out-of-state hockey tournaments into vacations. It was a thrill for me to see both sons be so good and successful.

I'm just proud as heck."

Eddie went on to become one of the United States' top players. My mom would take my dad's car to go home to go south.

Their parents have enjoyed watching the relationship evolve and witnessing how each son arrived at his goal of the NHL in his own way.

Eddie's sons are continuing the hockey tradition in the Olczyk family. Ricky didn't possess the talent Eddie did, though, and his playing days ended in college. That became more complicated when the family moved from Niles, a northwest Chicago suburb, to Palos Heights, a southwest suburb, and Eddie still had practices in the northwest suburbs. For former Penn State hockey player Tommy Olczyk, the sport is in his blood. "Once you're in, you're in," said Eddie, 49, who is an analyst for the The boys have a lot of those traits. He was named a captain at Brown University during his senior season. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Tommy, 25, is a senior forward for nationally ranked Penn State. “When the season ended that year, we crashed his class.

We're truly grateful and appreciative of it. Once Eddie showed promise in hockey, he began to have more opportunities to play against better competition, which meant having to send him around the United States and into Canada. Eddie skated, and a hockey family was born. "The mom and dad are extremely honest, hardworking, genuine people. "Hockey has always been a part of my fabric in every academic endeavor I've done," said Ricky, 45, who was recently named to the management staff for Team Europe's entry in the World Cup of Hockey. “He didn’t know what to do, and the class started laughing.”After graduating from Penn State, Olczyk wasn’t ready to leave the ice, and spent time playing in the minor leagues. The lessons he learned from the program, especially from Head Coach Guy Gadowsky, have stuck with him long past graduating in 2016.One of his biggest takeaways, now part of his everyday life, is a phrase that Gadowsky preached and that appeared in the team’s handbook every year: “Be where you are.”“That was the rule, simple as that,” Olczyk said. His oldest son, also named Eddie, is a 26-year-old assistant coach at Niagara University. It was me, Eric Scheid, and James Robinson ... he was up there teaching, and he didn’t really see us walk in,” Skoff said. But for Tommy Olczyk, 29, stepping back from hockey and into an accounting job has been a long time coming.“I think after playing for so long and being around the game, basically from the day I was born, I just needed a little break and I needed to get away from it,” he said. "I think we've gotten closer," Ricky said. But if you’re at the hockey rink, put school stuff to the side, your family drama, your friend drama to the side and be a hockey player and be a professional at the rink.“I think that’s definitely something that I have lived by since I left Penn State and something I will continue to live by.” Former teammates remember Olczyk as a character.