Skating toward a career in plumbing

Quinten was only three years old when his dad helped him lace up his first pair of ice skates. Two years later, he picked up a hockey stick, and the rink became his entire world. Quinten advanced through the hockey ranks. He was drafted to the Ontario Hockey League in 2022, spent a season playing in the U.S., and returned to Canada to join the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. With every move, his parents were right there beside him.

By the time Quinten started thinking about life after hockey, a lot had changed, but his family’s support stayed the same. With that encouragement, Quinten shifted his focus to the trades.

Now, college is also part of that support network. Through the Construction Techniques – Plumbing program, Quinten is putting the discipline he gained on the ice into practice, and his enterprising approach is already taking shape.

“You can’t control everything, but you can control how hard you work,” says Quinten, recalling his dad’s most memorable piece of advice. “I’ve taken that into me being at Mohawk every day. I can control how attentive I am, how hard I’m working. And that’s been huge for me.”  

Read the full story on the Mohawk College blog: Skating toward a career in plumbing

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