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Brian Pedersen Skates His Way to Success

North Branford's Brian Pedersen has overcome some huge difficulties and become a success on a New Haven hockey team.

Name: Brian Louis Pedersen

Age: 10

School: Home-schooled

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Activities: Hockey and working as an excavator with his father

Other Interests: Snow plowing

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Future Plans: Next year he hopes to become a PeeWee hockey player and one day he dreams of playing for the NHL. He would also like to continue working as an excavator.

Accomplishments. Brian is a hockey player. Last year Brian was reluctant to even attend a family party, he has worked hard overcoming challenges and earned a place on the travel team.

Key to Awesomeness: His key to awesomeness is his ability to overcome his anxieties to play hockey with his teammates. Because Brian has High Function Asperger Syndrome, his parents had to withdraw him from his because of his aggression and school anxiety. Even though Brian still has those two issues today, they are much milder then they were when he was in school.

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