While most future NHLers were starting their rookie season in junior at 16, the Winnipeg Jets prospect Brandon Tanev was stepping away from the game he loved.
In fact, if he didn’t have his brother — Vancouver Canucks defenceman Chris Tanev — blazing a trail before him, it’s unlikely Brandon would be mentioned in the same breath as the National Hockey League.
"(Chris) has been in the league now for a couple years and just seeing him grow has really echoed onto me in many ways," Tanev, 24, said from his locker room stall Wednesday at the MTS Iceplex.