Wayne Simmonds Third Grade Teacher Shamed Him For Wanting to Make The NHL

A red wings fan even felt the need to throw a banana at Simmonds during a penalty shot or shootout years ago..

Simmonds recently spoke to the Players Tribune, and spoke about how even his teachers doubted him, let's take a look..

"My third grade teacher actually made us write a little report on career day, and we had to fill out what we wanted to be when we grew up, and then research it or whatever. Standard stuff. All the kids wrote doctor, lawyer, veterinarian, Mountie, astronaut. Of course, I wrote, "Pro hockey player."

My teacher brought the paper back to my desk, and she was like, "Wayne, you can't choose
that. You have to be serious."

And I said, "I am serious. I'm going to play in the NHL." She said, "No."
I said, "Yes." Wayne, you "Hockey player." "Wayne, dear..." "Hockey." I refused to change it, and I think she literally gave me an F on the assignment. I had to take
the paper home to my mom and everything, and I was just like, "Can you believe this, Mom?"

- Wayne Simmonds.
Source: The Players Tribune.