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Canes embark on roadtrip with dads
by David Lee on 11/17/09 at 12:02 AM ET
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When the Hurricanes travel to Montréal on Tuesday, it’ll be part of their annual roadtrip with the dads. A lot of teams around the league do this where once a season, the fathers (or some other family member) join their son (or nephew or whatever) on the road. They room together, and all the dads bond with each other, and they have a lot of fun.
Earlier today, I pointed out the obvious that Brent Sutter won’t be joining Brandon on this trip since the Flames have a home game against the Avs. While Henry Staal is the second most famous of the dads, Bob Brind’Amour is the star of the show. Everyone loves Bob. Although Fox Sports Carolinas isn’t covering this game, John Forslund and Tripp Tracy will still argue about which one of them gets to go to the senior prom with Rod’s dad.
Still, this isn’t fun and games for everyone. While this is a really fun time for everyone else, it’s going to be a somber time for Jussi Jokinen, whose father passed away in March.
When I started to think about how some of the other dads won’t be there for one reason or another, I got to thinking about Oilers winger Patrick O’Sullivan. His dad is a grade-A jerk. His dad was famously abusive towards Patrick, and as a result, has restraining orders against him. I don’t know whether the Oilers do one of these trips with the dads, but Patrick O’Sullivan obviously wouldn’t want to be a part of it.
Someone other than Brent will be there for Brandon Sutter. I hope someone will be there for Jussi Jokinen.
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David Lee is a restaurant manager with an unused degree in political science. He can be found at Carolina Hurricanes games, Scrabble tournaments and indie-rock shows. Sometimes, all in the same day.
David has contributed to CBC.ca for their Stanley Cup playoff coverage in 2006 and to the New York Times Slapshot blog for theirs in 2008. Red and Black Hockey was founded in July of 2005.
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