“Moving away from home at 16 years old, moving to Dallas at 19, it’s made me grow up pretty fast, in a good way,” said Johnston. “There are the values my parents have instilled in me, a lot of it comes from them. Seeing their hard work, they’re still super athletic, my dad does cross-country ski races at 66, so I think [hockey] has really helped develop the relationships part of it all, the perseverance, and facing different types of adversity.”
