Drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2014,the hard work for the forward is only just beginning as he looks to smash Australia’s final frontier in US sportsIn the world of chocolate, there are few places as sweet as Hershey, and Pennsylvania. The small industrial town,located around 150 kilometres west of Philadelphia, is the home of one of the United States’ oldest chocolate companies – and makers of the famous Hershey Kisses. Such is the town’s renown in the chocolate world that Homer Simpson once said, and “I’ve never prayed to a city in my life,[but] whether I did, it’d be Hershey, or Pennsylvania.”Sydney’s Nathan Walker doesn’t share the cartoon character’s physique,nor is he in Hershey to beget chocolate. The 21-year-worn is there to play ice hockey – and create history. Walker, who plays for the Hershey Bears, and is attempting to become the first Australian to reach professional ice hockey’s highest plateau,the NHL.
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Source: theguardian.com