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A survivor of three open-heart surgeries, cancer and diabetes, Don Winsor knows a thing or two about overcoming obstacles — something his grandson, NHLFlames prospect Matthew Phillips, clearly learned from him. (via EricFrancis)

An athlete himself who competed at the national level in soccer, basketball and fast pitch, Winsor was Newfoundland’s first parks and recreation director who wrote a sports column for 25 years for the province’s 14 community papers.

“I told the boys upstairs, ‘There’s a future Flame.’ I can’t put into words how proud I am of him. I’m so glad he’s here.

On Wednesday the kid who would be the NHL’s smallest player, played a chunk of time alongside one of its biggest, Milan Lucic, and Derek Ryan. It took time for him to adjust to the AHL last year, but as the year rolled on he got better, going on a 14-point binge over eights games at Christmas, en route to a 38-point rookie season.

 

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