According to LaCombe, his college preparatory school, Shattuck St. Mary’s, was short on defensemen, prompting him to make the switch from forward. He explained, “I figured, why not try it out? I really liked it. It’s been a good switch ever since. That’s kind of how it went”.
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TIL, dude looked like he had been skating backwards most of his life when he debuted in the NHL lol.