For those who are unfamiliar with Hughes’ backstory, it seems the Canucks’ uber-prospect was the product of a laboratory experiment designed to produce a great hockey player. There he lived with Brady Tkachuk, Keith’s younger son, with the former NHLer playing the unlikely role of den mother to the two teenage hockey stars. He wants to be an NHL player. “How did you know?” Hughes asked. “He was raised to be a hockey player,” Keith says.

Source: National Post March 15, 2019 00:22 UTC