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Georgia teen with autism eyes professional hockey career | Buffalo Sports

August 14, 2021 by Staff Reporter



Daniel LeCompte poses in this undated photo. LeCompte was diagnosed with autism, Tourette’s and obsessive-compulsive disorder while attending Chattahoochee Elementary School. He played for the Georgia’s Student Hockey League’s Forsyth team, and during the 2020-21 school year, he was named the league’s top offensive player in the ‘A’ division.



Daniel LeCompte poses in this undated photo with his girlfriend Cindy Doan, left, and mother Stacie LeCompte. LeCompte was diagnosed with autism, Tourette’s and obsessive-compulsive disorder while attending Chattahoochee Elementary School. He played for the Georgia’s Student Hockey League’s Forsyth team, and during the 2020-21 school year, he was named the league’s top offensive player in the ‘A’ division.


By DAVID ROBERTS, Forsyth County News

CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — When Daniel LeCompte was a child, doctors told his mother that he likely wouldn’t be able to speak.

This past year, he was among the most dynamic scorers in the Georgia Student Hockey League.

Now, after graduating from Forsyth Central earlier this summer, he’s hoping to launch his hockey career as a member of the Boston Junior Bruins.

“I feel the sport changed me as an individual,” LeCompte said. “If it wasn’t for hockey, I probably wouldn’t be as confident. My doctor, when (my mom) took me in, was like, ’Your kid’s going to need someone next to him for his whole life, because he’s not going to be able to talk normally.”

LeCompte was diagnosed with autism, Tourette’s and obsessive-compulsive disorder while attending Chattahoochee Elementary School.

Not long after, LeCompte’s mother, Stacie LeCompte, signed Daniel up for the North Miracle Metro League to get him involved with sports.

And when he around 6 or 7 years old, Daniel attended his first Atlanta Thrashers game through the North Miracle Metro League.

“After that first game, I was just like, ‘I want to be on the ice and try this stick-puck game that they’re playing,’” he said. “Then I just picked it up from there.”

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