Over two weeks ago a young man destined for the NHL collapsed in his home and died. His name was Mickey Renaud and he was the center and captain for the Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires. I don’t watch the OHL, mainly because I can’t. I live in the US and don’t have access to that media. But I do read hockey stories and I knew of the young man’s death through the Toronto media and say Don Cherry Mention it on Hockey Night in Canada last Saturday.
The reason I bring this is up is that last night the Spitfire’s played their first game in nearly 2 weeks. From all the accounts I have read it was a very emotional night. Events like this truly put into perspective sports and their place is ones life. We say that we bleed our teams colors. We say that winning is everything. Well last night in Windsor team was everything. The accounts that I read in the National Post and the Windsor Star had me almost in tears. A touching tribute that included the traditional puck drop between captains. I can picture Mickey’s brother standing there dropping the puck with the captain of the Visiting team. However as a sign that their captain wont be replaced, Windsor sent no one to center ice. Very touching. I was so proud to see young men deal with the tragic effects of their loss as a team. A hockey team is a family and it showed last night.
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