Which hockey players have the best back story?

[andbreatheme]

Originally Posted by Ace14

Ovechkin's history regarding his brother and the fact that he was nearly taken out of hockey as a kid is interesting to me.

Yeah, I love his salute to his brother on the ice (kisses his fist and raises it in the air).

[OneMoreAstronaut]

Originally Posted by Greco

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3782270

Bobby Ryan's story

Thanks! Great read!

[BrickAHL]

The Stewart's and Simmonds.

[Nev]

I always liked Malkin's story about coming over from Russia to the NHL, and the difficulties he faced in getting out of the Mother Land.

http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pi...ticle=0#artanc

Its not as emotionally compelling as some of the above, but still a great story.

[BlackNgold 84]

Originally Posted by Bruins71

Tim Thomas did, until he destroyed it by trying to be a political hero & then proceeding to quit on his team.

His backstory itself stands out. Get over it.. seriously.

[BlackNgold 84]

Originally Posted by Greco

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3782270

Bobby Ryan's story

Wow.. no clue that happened to him. I'm surprised there hasn't been more publicity of his story.

[PierreMcGuire*]

Originally Posted by revolverjgw

Scott Gomez's home planet was about to explode when his father sent him to earth in a space capsule. He is the last surviving member of his race of elite hockey gods.

/thread

[Rich Greco]

Originally Posted by BonMorrison

Wasn't the Spitfires top line Taylor Hall - Adam Henrique - Justin Shugg? The 09 - 10 lineup was something like:

Taylor Hall - Adam Henrique - Justin Shugg
Eric Wellwood - Scott Timmins - Zack Kassian
Kenny Ryan - Greg Nemisz - Dale Mitchell
Adam Wallace - Stephen Johnston - Derek Lanoue

Sorry for being nitpicky - just don't want your article to be wrong!

Are you sure they didn't play together on the 09-10 team that won the cup because Adam Henrique, Taylor Hall and Eric Wellwood have all told me differently. Direct quote from Adam, "It was me and Hallsy together for three years and ya know we had guys coming in and out of the line, but once we found Eric ya know we started playing really well together."

Not to be nitpicky of course.

[Ogie Goldthorpe]

Sheldon Kennedy for surviving both the Swift Current Broncos bus crash and Graham James.

[Inkling]

Originally Posted by Ogie Goldthorpe

Sheldon Kennedy for surviving both the Swift Current Broncos bus crash and Graham James.

Patrick O'Sullivan is another player like Sheldon Kennedy and Bobby Ryan who you can't really say has the 'best' back story (they're all pretty horrible), but has a pretty compelling one. It's inspiring to know how these guys can succeed and make the NHL when they've faced so many obstacles.

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/whoselifeisit/story.html

[Ace14]

Always great to see players rising above things to find success.