Meet Brett Berard, America's Aggressor

For Team USA left winger Brett Berard, learning hockey was as natural as learning the alphabet - and in his case, the two were intrinsically linked. Berard's father, David, was an assistant coach at Providence College when a scouting trip to Toronto allowed him a visit to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Berard brought home a Toronto Maple Leafs mini-net as a souvenir for Brett, who was still a toddler at the time. Brett had a set of alphabet blocks, so David playfully shot one into the net with a mini-stick.