DALLAS — The Ottawa Senators have some special guests along for the ride on this two\u002Dgame road trip.
Coach D.J. Smith invited the fathers to the pre-game meeting before facing the Kings and on the road they’ll get a first-hand look what life in the NHL is like on a daily basis for their sons.
“It makes you think about how much these fathers or mothers, and next year it will be the Mothers Trip, sacrifice they’ve made to help their kids get to this level. And, how much they live it with them every day. Smith, who grew up in Windsor, said Denis would have enjoyed the opportunity to come to work with him.
“It’s emotional when you look back and you think that I’ve lived a decade without my father. He’d just be turning 70-year-old now and I’ve missed a whole decade with him and my kids.”Advertisement 5“He drove to a lot of games in the OHL, he’d come to see me because he was my biggest fan,” he said. “When I coached in Windsor, he came to every game. It was just a tight-knit community when we won with the Spitfires and he was a part of it.
Geoff Sanderson, the father of rookie blueliner Jake, suited up for 1,104 games with Hartford, Carolina, Vancouver, Buffalo and Columbus. This will be his first chance to travel with the Senators on this trip.Article content
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