Family Ties: Slavin Continues To Follow Footsteps At Development Camp

RALEIGH, NC. -If your goal is to be better at hockey than Jaccob Slavin, you're going to have to be really, really good.
But coming from the same bloodline is a strong start though and that's exactly what Jeremiah Slavin is aiming for.

The youngest of five children in the family, the 17-year-old was able to showcase his skills to Canes coaches and staff at July's Development Camp as a first-time invitee.
"I think it's really cool. It's a great experience to be able to skate where he skates and it brings me one step closer to one-upping him," Jeremiah said with a quick laugh as he fielded questions for the first time at the event. "We're a super competitive family, so growing up it was always, 'I have to do better, I have to do better.' So I've always just tried to push myself to one-up him."
Having the ability to learn from one of the best defensemen in the National Hockey League has led Jeremiah to a commitment to play his collegiate hockey at Colorado College - just like brothers Jaccob and Josiah. Josiah, 23, appeared in 15 games with the Chicago Blackhawks during his first full professional campaign last year.
"They set a path for me and I looked up to them growing up, so it was just the path that I wanted to go down too," Jeremiah remarked of the next step in his hockey career.

Despite the success that his older brothers have had at both Colorado College and in the NHL, Jeremiah says it's clear who the best player in the family is.
"I grew up watching all of my brothers and my sister play. She was the best hockey player out of all of us," the defenseman stated with a clear confidence. "She taught me and Jaccob a lot, almost everything we know."
Jordan, 30, played four seasons for North Dakota's women's Division I NCAA team from 2009-2013.
So, what was it like being the youngest in a family of such strong talent?
"I got picked on a lot, I can tell you that for free," Jeremiah said with another chuckle. "But it was awesome, we'd always be down in the puck-shooting room, shooting, playing 500 or something like that. We had a good time. Played mini hockey a lot, too."

While attempting to surpass the career that Jaccob has put together through his first seven seasons in Carolina will be a tall task, team Defensemen Development Coach Peter Harrold was pleased with what he saw out of the latest Slavin product over the course of the week.
"That's big shoes to fill there, but he was great. He skates a little similar to his brother, and like his brother, he's a really good person," the former NHLer offered. "He's just a genuinely good kid. The whole family is A+ people and we're just lucky to have them."
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