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"Owen Bartoszkiewicz was standing at a train station in Florence, Italy, when the phone call came. He knew what was coming. At 21 years old, he was about to be without a team less than two months before the college season started.

Bartoszkiewicz had just transferred to Western Michigan. Meanwhile, Northern Michigan coach Grant Potulny had left for a pro job, and its star goalie recruit and Los Angeles Kings draft pick Hampton Slukynsky decided to search for a new home. Bartoszkiewicz had seen WMU staff working on equipment for Slukynsky. Before even playing a game for WMU, he was out.

He was told it was a business decision. It didn’t feel like that to Bartoszkiewicz...."

I remember when he committed to WMU. Wonder if this is really how it went down. There has to be more to the story...right?

It's a brutal process. I could get into specifics on a couple people we've know personally who got screwed at WMU as well. But it's the same at every high level program. Almost as bad as junior hockey, which is very dog eat dog.