FREEPORT — His father played hockey. So did his older brother.

But when Rob Reichenbaugh first took to the ice, he hated it.

“I didn’t want to play at all,” the Freeport senior said, laughing while recalling his childhood. “I was barely past kindergarten. My mother kept saying, ‘just give it a year, give it a year.

“I did ... and by the end of the year, I loved it.”

He still does — and he thrives at it.

Reichenbaugh recently wrapped up his hockey career at Freeport by breaking numerous school records. He tallied 102 assists in his career, snapping the mark of 100 set by Mike Bender from 1999 through 2003.

His 42 assists in the 2015-16 season broke Bender’s single-season mark of 32 set in 2002-03. And Reichenbaugh’s 74 points scored in 2015-16 broke the single-season record of 67 held by Nick Decroo (2001-02), Bender (2002-03) and Dustin Gaworski (2004-05).

“All great players,” Reichenbaugh said. “There’s tremendous tradition at Freeport. The veteran players help show the way for the younger guys.

“Players did that for me when I was young. I tried to do that for our younger players this year.”

Reichenbaugh wound up scoring 21 goals and adding 16 assists in 16 games this season. He had a seven-point game and produced five hat tricks.

The Yellowjackets finished 9-9, losing in the first round of the PIHL Class A playoffs.

After Reichenbaugh’s 37 points, fellow forwards Kyle Hazlett and Alex Colflesh scored 19 each. Hazlett was second on the team with 10 goals.

Reichenbaugh stands 5-foot-10, but weighs only 140 pounds.

“He’s a lanky kid and a good skater,” his father and former Freeport coach, Mel Reichenbaugh, said. “Rob has always had good hockey sense. He sees the ice well.”

Mel Reichenbaugh played high school hockey at Highlands. John Reichenbaugh, Rob’s older brother by seven years, played prep hockey at Freeport and club hockey at Duquesne University.

“Robbie used to be around the rink watching his brother play. He pretty much grew up on the game,” his father said.

Robbie scored 69 goals in 80 career games at Freeport. He netted 39 goals for the Yellowjackets’ freshman team as an eighth-grader, including 10 on the power play.

Always a consistent scorer, he is not pursuing a hockey career in either college or juniors. Reichenbaugh is headed to Pitt and plans to walk on the track and field team.

“I may try to play club hockey there, but I’m not sure if that will be next year or not,” he said. “My sports focus right now is on making the track team there and I think I can do that.”

Reichenbaugh runs the 800 meters and a leg on the Yellowjackets’ 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams.

He was never part of a Penguins Cup championship team at Freeport, but came close his freshman year.

The Yellowjackets surrendered two goals in the final minute of regulation in losing a one-goal decision in the semifinals to eventual Penguins Cup Class A champion Quaker Valley.

“That loss still stings. It hurts just thinking about it right now,” Reichenbaugh said. “That was the team. That was our best shot.”

While his emphasis is now on track, Reichenbaugh insists he’ll never leave the ice.”

“I’ll never stop playing hockey, even when I’m old,” he said. “The only way I’ll stop playing is when I can’t skate anymore.”