When it comes to writing his own underdog story, Manchester Monarchs rookie goalie Danny Taylor prefers to go by the book. Not necessarily a textbook of his position, but something a little more personal.
Monarchs coach Mark Morris recently walked by it on the floor of his team’s dressing room and stopped to move it out of the way. Morris noticed it was a journal. Taylor’s personal journal, to be more specific. Taylor has been keeping it for more than a season to sharpen his heart and mind for the game.
“It’s just little reminders, stuff to work on. There’s so much stuff to work on,’’ Taylor said. “Sometimes you forget. You had a bad practice, you want to forget about it. But you have to remember it, go back and work on it.’’
Oh, there’s so much for Taylor to remember. Like how the Los Angeles had to tear apart and rebuild his goalie style last season. And how he then passed though three wildly different ECHL outposts last season. And how he could barely find ice time in Manchester at the start of this season as the third of three goalies in camp.
Taylor writing a story he hopes will have a happy ending (NHL.com) 
