 The next season Kennedy 's juvenile team made it to the finals . During the season , Kennedy had scored seven goals in one game and six in another and it was efforts such as those which were attracting the attention of professional hockey people . The first team to approach Kennedy was the NHL 's Montreal Canadiens , although for Kennedy " It was a boyhood dream to play for Toronto . " Dinty Moore , also of Port Colborne , brought Kennedy to the attention Montreal General Manager Tommy Gorman and Kennedy was put on their negotiation list . In the fall of 1942 , Montreal contacted the sixteen @-@ year @-@ old about joining the Canadiens . Kennedy 's mother was wary of a career in hockey for her son as he was also headed towards studying business at the University of Western Ontario . She agreed to let her son attend the training camp when Montreal scout Dinty Moore assured her Ted would receive a good education at Montreal 's prestigious Lower Canada College for which they would cover the cost . Upon arriving in Montreal , foreshadowing future troubles , Kennedy discovered there was no one from the Canadiens to greet him at the train . The teenager was left to his own devices to check into a hotel and make his way around the new city . Then later , as he tried to combine hockey and school , he became concerned his studies were suffering and approached Canadien management to ask if they could find him accommodation closer to the school . He felt they were unresponsive and he soon became disillusioned with the experience in Montreal . After three weeks in Montreal he was feeling homesick and upon completing spring training with the Montreal Royals , he returned to Port Colborne in mid @-@ November . 
