Like many high-school students, Andrew Butler is fond of Xbox, and he might occasionally foray into playing an NHL video game. But he’s far more partial to Black Ops or Grand Theft Auto, with the NHL games perhaps not quite as easily controlled as their real-life counterpart for Butler.

“I do tend to get mad (with the NHL games),” he admitted.

The Germantown High School freshman is very much in control when it’s his own skates touching the ice. Even in his rookie year with the West Bend Ice Bears co-op, he leads the team in scoring (26 points through Jan. 16) and has helped his team jump out to a fast start, now at 12-5.