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By Samantha Johnson, Prairie Rose Public Schools Content Writer听
While Mattias Radke loves playing hockey and is a goalie with the South Alberta Hockey Academy U18 Prep team, he is aware it is a career that will eventually end. 鈥淚t’s nice that I found a program like this that supports the hockey side with the school side. I have two classes a day on top of the hockey and I鈥檓 still able to get all my work done,鈥� said Radke.
For his last semester at Eagle Butte, Radke is taking Chemistry 30 and Physics 30 and says he gets his homework and studying done after school and when the team is on the bus travelling to an away game. He still needs to take calculus but plans on taking that course online next year when he is plays Junior A hockey for the Kindersley Klippers.
He鈥檚 been playing hockey for as long as he can remember. 鈥淚 probably started playing organized hockey when I was six or seven and became a goalie when I was ten years old. I like the brotherhood I get from being on a team and appreciate both the high and low moments that come with the sport. When we win, it鈥檚 the best feeling ever and it鈥檚 crazy the contrast from winning and losing. Feeling the joy of winning a big game is why I still play, and I love being competitive,鈥� stated Radke.
He鈥檚 excited to be going to Kindersley to join the Klippers and plans to play junior hockey a few years before pursuing a post-secondary education in biomedical engineering while hopefully continuing to play hockey. 鈥淔or me, hockey will end eventually, and I need a backup plan,鈥� said Radke.
Currently recovering from knee surgery, biomedical engineering holds an interest for Radke due to many injuries he鈥檚 sustained over the years. 鈥淲ith biomedical engineering I wanted to develop certain things that are going to help people with injuries to keep playing. If someone hurts themselves, I鈥檇 like to develop a way they can keep doing what they love. I wanted to do medicine, and I also wanted to be an engineer, so that鈥檚 why I chose biomedical engineering,鈥� concluded Radke.
