‘“He obviously told me about the more physical game,” Novotny said. “First time at the Prospect Cchallenge, he told me that there was going to be people hitting you all the time. You got to look around, have your head up all the time. … He just showed me what it looks like over here. He taught me a lot about the AHL and NHL, what the process is working up and always trying to take the next step.”’