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Matt wasn’t always a werewolf, people just assume he was born one, however, he got attacked and almost died when he was 17.
His parents were normal humans and almost disowned him when Matt was first showing changes, even though Matt was in Juniors.
It still fucking sucked. But Matt survived the fucking bite and was in a helluva surprise on his first full moon after the bite.
Matt is a resilient person, he didn’t let a werewolf bite beat him down.
Instead, he made his dream of being let on a major junior hockey team.
His parents were relieved, they didn’t approve of Matt’s new “psychotic” condition, even though they did see Matt as a wolf on his first full moon.
Some people will never understand.
Juniors were stressful, Matt still didn’t have full control over his new abilities, he didn’t know his limitations either.
He still thought he only had to change on the full moon.
Steven Stamkos gave him the knowledge to prevent unwanted attention geared towards Matt.
Stamkos also told Matt there are other supernatural creatures in existence, Stamkos himself is a werewolf, but he knows vampires, witches, and even a selkie.
Stamkos still talks to Mat, even after several instances of Mat almost severely injuring him and the other wolves on the team.
Still, years later, Matt always has trouble controlling himself, sure, hockey helped, but sometimes, when Matt gets a bit too wild and rough in games, he has to shift into his wolf form immediately after the game.
Once Mat was through with Juniors, the NHL is an entire different story for him.