I havent been playing long but heres my "story":
I was born with an ankle strength problem so I had trouble skating because I needed special expensive skates. So I hated hockey until around age 9 where I played ball hockey with my bro for fun once. So I tried goalie and I liked it so I joined a ball hockey league. Eventually I decided to try skating again so I went into skating lessons. Eventually, my ankle began to strengthen so I was able to skate better with less pain. Then, my friend played rep and said I could go out for a skate in his team's extra goalie equipment set. So I went out and sucked really bad but I enjoyed it. Eventually, I played some 3-on-3 and was in some goalie camps and then played my first hockey season. I only have vids of my second, third and fourth hockey seasons.
2005-06 (second season of hockey-age 13- Minor Bantam)
YouTube - Goalieguy's 2005-06 Hockey Highlights
2006-07 (third season of hockey-age 14- Major Bantam)
YouTube - Goalieguy Season 2006-07 Highlights
2007-08 (fourth season of hockey-age 15- Minor Midget)
YouTube - Goalieguy 2007-08 Hockey Highlights Montage