BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the spring of 2014, Andrew Oglevie had enough.



He had enough of his junior team. He had enough of Notre Dame stiffarming him from its program for a second straight year after graduating high school.



Maybe Oglevie had enough of hockey.



“I just remember telling him he needed to be happy,” said his mother, Maury Oglevie. “He needed to get the happy back in hockey, and he needed to figure out if he had that in him.



“If not, then he needed to change that path.”



An NHL team hadn’t drafted the undersized forward in 2013, although he flashed enough to get a Notre Dame commitment. He played pretty well in his three seasons the USHL in Cedar Rapids, but ultimately not good enough for Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson to summon him — twice.



So Oglevie piled all his belongings into his black 2001 Ford Expedition and left Iowa, headed home alone to Fullerton,...