The first hockey sweater Brandon Svoboda pulled over his head changed his life. A Level Green, Westmoreland County, native, Svoboda had his love of the game kick-started in much of the same way as a generation of Western Pennsylvania kids. “I was, I think, the first person in my bloodline to play hockey,” Svoboda said. […]
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