Posts Tagged ‘Second Chances’

Almost a decade before New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg made it illegal to smoke cigarettes in restaurants and started the green movement we now know today, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani went on a crusade of his own, making most fireworks illegal in the five boroughs.

If Giuliani saw Aces defenseman Rob Miller on the ice back then, he would have thrown the Morristown-NJ native in the slammer.

Just like an M-80, Miller is living proof that lightning can come in small packages. 5′10 and 190 pounds, Miller hits hard and has a steady offensive game that will undoubtedly be showcased this season in Brooklyn.

“I spent four years in the ACHL and SPHL and that was my reputation,” he said. “Playing small, but tenacious. That’s the way I’ve always played. That’s how I’ve always been categorized. That’s it.”

At 29 years of age, Dan Rohanna is currently the oldest player on the Brooklyn Aces.

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t have anything to prove though.

Having been out of professional hockey for nearly three years, Rohanna is eager to get back in the game that at one point, he saw himself making a career out of.

“It’s nice to be back and playing again,” Rohanna said. “I always missed it and it was something that I was always meant to do. Being away from it was tough on me.”

Things changed for Rohanna after his mother, Terrie, passed away in 2005. Forced to pick between the sport he loved and keeping his grief-stricken family above water, Rohanna chose the latter, prematurely ending a career some thought could have ended much differently.