What is Saul’s ticket out of St. Jerome’s? In what way is Saul privileged to be able to leave his fellow students behind for a life of hockey? How are these “Hockey playing “values present in today’s society?

Father Leboutilier knew that Fred Kelly was Saul's ticket out of the residential school and on to bigger and better things. Fred Kelly not only offered higher level coaching but a family and sense of belonging as well. Saul could connect with his people again and play hockey. Saul will no longer have to suffer the indignities of St. Jerome's Indian Residential School. Saul does escape the indignities of the school through hockey but, as we learn later, there is something much darker at play here. I'm not sure what "values" you are referring to. Certainly Saul learned how to play hockey but I would suggest that the he already had the values that made him a good player before he ever played.