Editing Mike Modano (section)

==Early life==
Modano was born in [[Livonia, Michigan]], the third child and only son of Michael, Sr. and Karen Modano. He grew up in [[Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan|Highland Township]], and due to causing problems at school with his mischievous behavior, a friend of his father suggested to put Modano in a team sport to get him controlled. Michael, Sr. was a fan of hockey, and decided to teach [[ice skating]] to seven-year-old Modano. He learned it well, and six months later was put in local hockey teams. As a youth, he was part of a [[Detroit Red Wings]] team in the 1982 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2018 |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |access-date=January 18, 2019 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> To spend his [[minor hockey]] career with the Detroit Little Caesar's Triple AAA Hockey Club, the Modano family moved to [[Westland, Michigan|Westland]], where he also attended [[Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Q&A With Mike Modano |url=http://www.mikemodano.com/the-player/hockey-faq/ |website=mikemodano.com}}</ref> He made the Midget Major team at the age of fourteen when his teammates were two to three years older. In the 1984–85 season, Modano scored 50 goals and 50 assists on the way to win the [[USA Hockey]] National Championship in 1985.<ref name="lone">{{Cite book |last=Rusty Burson, Glenn Hart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsGiFh_B65gC |title=The Lone Star Skate: Improbable (But True) Stories of Texas's Hockey Heroes |publisher=BookPros, LLC |year=2011 |isbn=978-1934454381 |pages=67–96}}</ref><ref name="lc">{{Cite web |title=Detroit Little Caesars AAA Hockey Club powered by GOALLINE.ca |url=http://dlchc.goalline.ca/news.php?news_id=282984&lang= |access-date=December 27, 2013 |publisher=Dlchc.goalline.ca |date=August 6, 2010}}</ref> As a child Modano decided to pick the number 9 for his jersey in an homage to both [[Ted Williams]], an idol of his [[Boston Red Sox]] fan father, and the Red Wings' own [[Gordie Howe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modano, Stars Ready for Big Night |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/modano-stars-ready-for-big-night/c-708404 |website=NHL.com |date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131442/https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/modano-stars-ready-for-big-night/c-708404 |archivedate=November 3, 2018}}</ref>