Perspective: Almost by definition, hockey requires parental help. “They got to lace up your skates,” T.J. Oshie says. “They’ve got to put on your gear. There’s just so much time that those earliest memories that you have playing — your dad is there.”
. “I think everyone goes through it different. But I have an idea of the emotions that he was feeling when he was speaking to us, the emotions that he was inevitably going to go through and what he’s going through now. It’s hard.”Almost by definition, hockey requires parental help. There’s no rolling out a basketball and saying, “Go shoot.” There’s travel. There’s equipment. A 6-year-old can’t get started on his own. The hours invested quickly add up to months before they become years.
to absolutely delighted when he encountered one of his son’s teammates. His ruddy face could reveal a broad and genuine smile.“We both didn’t speak English in the beginning,” said veteran Nicklas Backstrom, a Swede, “but we could understand each other with our hands.” That year, the Caps entered the dads’ trip on a six-game losing streak. At the end of the first period of the first game at New Jersey, they trailed 1-0. And here came Mikhail Ovechkin, ready to change fortune. He grabbed a bottle of vodka. He lined up a row of glasses. And the dads knocked them back.After a comeback fell short, the Capitals gathered for their chartered flight to Montreal. Dave Green, the bearish father of then-Caps defenseman Mike, sought out Mikhail.
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