He was signed by the ORGANIZATION@1 at age NUMBER@1 and as a 16-year-old , played for the LOCATION@1 in the junior league ORGANIZATION@2 , competing against eighteen - , nineteen - and twenty-year-olds ; ORGANIZATION@3 rules dictated that he could not join the ORGANIZATION@4 before reaching eighteen .

As a 14-year-old , he played junior hockey against eighteen , nineteen and twenty-year-olds .
