Mitch Hults only has to scroll through the photos on his phone to remind himself how far he and his younger brother, Cole, have come.
In one picture the two are posed together holding sticks in front of the net, both left-handed, with shiny blond hair and smiles. It’s from their boyhood in Stoughton, Wis., where they spent harsh winter days going to the local hockey rink and where they still meet to play golf.
Neither could have predicted that both would be in NHL organizations at the same time, let alone with the Kings and Ducks.