I can't say I made close friends through the SHL but since joining the website in 2017, I was able to share locker rooms with a lot of great people who made my experience fun and kept me on staying around. First of all, I wouldn't be typing this PT without my first 2 SMJHL GMs incite and toe who took the time to explain me how things work. They created a really active dressing room and it was always fun reading the 100+ mess logging in day after day my rookie season. My SHL experience wasn't the greatest with Toronto but a trade to Seattle really got me a 2nd boost when I thought about just going inactive. JSS just took over Seattle and they were starting a complete rebuild. There was like 4 of us still active and as stupid as it sound, it forced me to be more proactive on discord. Still to this day my favorite time. More recently, I took my time to choose an IIFHL team and couldn't be more happy about picking Switzerland. Segi and bluesfan are doing an amazing job keeping things active even outside the tournament.