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It was Blair Addison who first turned his son Jeremiah on to the reality that had just entered his hockey world.

The Windsor Spitfires were on the other end of the phone. Addison has just become one of them via a trade with the Ottawa 67’s.

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“Right away, my dad was like, ‘Hey, they’ve got the Memorial Cup,’” Addison recalled.

The light bulb illuminated over his head, instantly Addison was one fired up young man.

“I was like, ‘It’s go time,’” he said. “I knew they were hosting it, so when I got traded here I was like, ‘OK, we’re in it now. Let’s make something happen.’”

That right there is one of the reasons why the Spitfires pursued the acquisition of Addison.

They are of the belief that he is a fellow who can make something happen.

“Every year he’s gotten better as a player statistically,” Windsor coach Rocky Thompson said. “From the time he was 16, statistically he’s gotten better. So that won’t change.