This is Hebig\u2019s first call up with the Mammoth, and the forward was full of excitement following his first practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get this chance and you want to take advantage of it,\u201d Hebig smiled. \u201cBe ready and just come in each day like it\u2019s day one, with that day one. Just trying to learn, soak it in from the coaches here and other players. They\u2019re doing great here. It\u2019s fun to see, fun to watch, and the practices are that much (faster), crisper, and it\u2019s been a great experience so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hebig has shown up strong this season for Tucson. The forward is tied for the team-lead with 15 goals while his 33 points are second on the Roadrunners. Hebig is nine goals, three assists, and 14 points away from matching his career-highs in all three categories. He also is the Roadrunners all-time leader in games played. He\u2019s worked hard in the AHL and when he reflected on his success this season, Hebig credited his confidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust playing with confidence,\u201d Hebig explained. \u201cI think each year you get in that league, you just try to learn and get better, each summer, and come in working on your mindset. I think confidence is a huge thing for me. I think that\u2019s been a big part of it with the puck, playing with the puck, without the puck. Learning lots from the coaching staff and of course playing with good players. I think that\u2019s how you put up points, and I\u2019ve been lucky to play with some good players, so it\u2019s been good so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to work he\u2019s done mentally and with his mindset, Hebig has focused on riding the highs and lows of a season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a long season,\u201d Hebig shared. \u201cIt\u2019s a grind and there\u2019s going to be ups and downs. So, it\u2019s how you deal with it mentally, and process that. I think that\u2019s the biggest part of the game. So, if you can work on that, work on yourself, and fine tune that, I think it helps a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
His hard work is evident, and Utah\u2019s coaches have seen it. Mammoth head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny had glowing words for the forward\u2019s hard work on the ice and personality off of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what it is, his energy every day, his drive, his passion,\u201d Tourigny shared. \u201cYou know what to expect from him. He\u2019s a great energy player; he\u2019s a great person. Loved by his teammates, loved by his coach. I\u2019m happy for him to get rewarded (with the call up).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is Hebig\u2019s first call up with the Mammoth, and the forward was full of excitement following his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-529430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-utah","11":"tag-utah-hc","12":"tag-utah-hockey-club","13":"tag-utahhc","14":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116313045337708717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}