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A Look At Steve Downie
by Paul on 10/01/07 at 07:26 AM ET
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from Ed Moran at Philly News,
Downie did not have it easy as a kid, and it impacts him the way his story impacts everyone that gets to know him. His father, John, was killed in a car accident driving him to hockey practice when Steve was 7.
At 13, the hearing in his right ear began to fade and he now wears an aid off the ice.
When he was drafted by the Flyers 29th overall in 2005, he broke down and cried. He told reporters of the sacrifices his mother had made and how he was saddened that his father was not there to be part of the day.
He said that he remembered the day his father died. “I remember every minute of it. It only makes me play harder,” he said.
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