Proving Ground

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Series Begun:
2026-03-06
Series Updated:
2026-03-12
Description:

Select MLH hopefuls spend one year living with a mentor as part of the League’s Prospect Orientation Program. These eighteen-year-old prospects learn a lot from their veteran league mentors; they attend camps, retreats, practices, and discover what it means to be part of such an old and distinguished tradition. Without graduating from the Prospect Orientation Program, a top draft spot is impossible.

You want to play? You learn everything you can: on and off the ice.

Notes:

This AU grew out of a series of increasingly perverted DMs between smugrobotics and maplesalad. Further stories covering Shane and Ilya’s prospect year and beyond to come.

For those wanting just the essential stories in this series, we have created a Proving Ground Essentials collection

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