He played hockey and didnt make the high school team. Yet, he was on the starting line of a traveling club team that consisted of players from many schools in the area. He got along with all the other players on the high school team and even had a strong tryout. He didnt even try out his senior year cuz he was still so mad. Even though it came at the expense of extra ice time. He did a lot of drop-in. But so did the other guys.
He was good enough to play on a small college team too.
Some things just dont make sense.
Hopefully your boy can take it in stride and let it motivate him and continue to crush the guys that made it over him.