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ExOHLer swaps blades for boards thestarcom wheelscahealthzonecayourhomecaparentcentralcatorontocomWednesday March 10 2010 Toronto Edition National Edition Connect with Facebook LoginRegister 8C ForecastTraffic thestarcom Web find a business advanced search full text article archive Home News GTA Opinion Business Sports A & E Living Travel Columns Blogs More Autos Careers Classifieds Deaths Real Estate DiversionsActs of Kindness Sudoku Crosswords Bridge Results Contests Lotteries Comics TV Listings Horoscopes Public EditorPublic Editor Columns About the Public Editor Recent Corrections Report an Error Stay up to dateRSS Feeds Twitter Updates News Alerts Newsletters Mobile Devices Other Sitestorontocom parentcentralca yourhomeca healthzoneca wheelsca flyerlandca goldbookca starauctionsca insurancehotlinecom wonderlistca collapse Site map Hot topics Oscars Earth Hour Chile Earthquake Your City My City Raptors Maple Leafs March break Rebuilding Haiti more Home Sports Hockey Topic Junior Hockey ExOHLer swaps blades for boardsFormer Frontenac Price runs various programs for Alpine Canadas mens womens teamsPublished On Thu Dec 10 2009Email Print Republish Add to Favourites Report an error Share Share34 Article Photos (1) Former Kingston captain Matt Price left poses with some of the top skiers hes been keeping in shape in his role with Alpine Canada (Dec 9 2009)SUPPLIED PHOTO Ads by GoogleDonor Home InseminationInsemination with safe complianthigh quality donor semen sampleswwwrepromedca By Sunaya Sapurji Junior hockey When former OHLer Matt Price traded in his skates for skis three years ago he had no idea the kind of initiation his colleagues with the Canadian Alpine ski team had in store for himHe was young recently hired as the conditioning guru and most surprisingly had never been on skis beforeI didnt even know how to put my boots or skis on said Price And then during a summer training session in Chile they took him up to one of the biggest mountains hed ever seen and left him thereThey tossed me to the wolves so to speak said the former forward with the Kingston Frontenacs They took me up to the top of some 3000metre mountain and told me to go figure it out While he managed to survive that ordeal limbs intact hes still trying to figure out how to get the best out of Canadas mens and womens ski teams in preparation for the Vancouver Olympics in February His new role as director of sport science he primarily oversees the strength conditioning and physiology services for Alpine Canadas athletes undertaking everything from nutrition to psychology and biomechanicsIm on the hills with the teams all the time so after a year youve probably spent at least 150 days on snow so you lear...