"It's quite exciting and interesting to now be one of the ones who's gone through it already," Steve said.

He is looking forward to playing with Dominic again, and he enjoys the chance to play the roles of older and younger brother. He is trying to do as good a job at older brother for Dominic as Mark for him.

"I have tried to do what Mark did for me," Steve said. "I give him some insight and advice, and then let him learn most of it on his own. I'm not sure he needs any advice from me anyway."

Dominic certainly doesn't need any advice in making friends. By his brothers' accounts, Dominic is the most outgoing of the three brothers. He likes to impersonate people, and Mark and Steve both called him "quite a character."

He's also quite a Canadian, when his roommates want to know what's all the fuss aboot, ey?, Dominic has been known to defend his northern country unfailingly.

"Both my roommates are from California," Dominic said. "So I don't think they're in any position to argue with me."

Dominic played three years of Junior A hockey in Ontario after playing for St. Michael's in grades nine and 10.

In his first year, playing with Steve on the Islanders, Dominic learned a lot from his older brother, who was--by Dominic's account--the premier player in the league that year. The next year, Dominic switched teams to play for the Aurora Tigers.