He also wanted to teach those kids good sportsmanship and good citizenship. And it's something he's still doing today. |
He wanted those kids to play together and work hard together. |
My father would leave home for seven or eight months of the year trying to pursue his hockey career. We only saw him in the off season and I had no idea what he was going through until my early teens. That's when I started collecting stories and articles written about my father. I have over a thousand of them. |
We get maybe 400-500 letters and e-mails a year from young people who tell us how going to their school has made a difference in their lives. |