Keeper’s improbable NHL story cause for celebration in Cross Lake. frank_seravalli has more:
Monday’s news that undrafted University of Maine defenceman Brady Keeper signed with the Florida Panthers may not have made much of a splash around the hockey world, but it was cause for raucous celebration in Cross Lake, Man.after Keeper became the first person from the Pimicikamak Cree Nation to make it to the NHL.
Keeper’s story is a breath of fresh air, an enormous positive for an entire generation of indigenous youth., who played 723 NHL games by way of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, and now mentors Aboriginal kids throughout the country. “They see guys like me and Brady, guys who have seen a lot of things on reserves and in remote communities, and let’s them know that anything is possible.”
He booked three or four flights back to Manitoba – maxing out his credit card in the process – but he never got on the plane. Grillo only needed to see two periods watching Keeper one night in Portage, Man., to know that he wanted to represent him. At 6-foot-2 and 194 pounds, Keeper is a dynamic defenceman who netted 44 points in 73 games at Maine. He hit five posts in last weekend’s season-ending series at Northeastern University in the Hockey East playoffs.
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