Friday, April 30, 2010
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Why I Love Hockey Players: NHL'er Helps Strangers Hours After Heartbreaking Loss
Posted
by Jonny Diamond
on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- My new hero, Brooks "Wendel Clark" Laich.
I'm sorry, I'm trying not to do too many hockey posts (five a year, maybe?), but
this story is so good, and pretty much spells out why I love hockey (and miss Canada sometimes). So, hours after scoring the only goal in his team's
shocking playoff series loss to Montreal, Washington Capitals forward Brooks Laich (a good Saskatchewan boy, which is how
all males from that province are described) stopped to help a Caps fan and her teenage daughter who were stranded on a bridge. Says the fan, who was wearing a jersey and had actually been at the game:
All I asked him to do was stay with us until the roadside service arrived. And then he’s asking me if I have a spare. Then he’s in the trunk getting the spare out. [...] He just kept saying it was no big deal.
Attaboy, Brooksy.
Tags: Brooks Laich, hockey, Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens, good samaritans, Saskatchewan, Wendel Clark is my hero
