With Matt Greene bringing the Stanley Cup to his
hometown of Grand Ledge, Mich., his father took time to reflect on
the path he took to get to this point.
Matt Greene's
father, James Greene, said his son's hockey career started by watching his
older brother and sister play, and wanting to do the same.
Once Matt Greene
was more established in the sport of hockey, he began to play in a
travel hockey league, which took him and his parents all around the state of
Michigan.
"By in large
we were traveling a lot to the Detroit area, to Grand Rapids, Battle Creek,
Saginaw, Flint, Jackson," said James Greene.
Though James
Greene has many reasons to be proud of his son's accomplishments on the ice, he
also has many proud moments of his son off the ice.
"One
that comes to mind is the weekend he was drafted into the National Hockey
League," said James Greene.
James Greene said
his son was with his friend who was also suppose to be drafted, but never
was. When Matt Greene received multiple offers from a news station to
do an interview, he declined.
James Greene said
that he called his son later that week and asked him why he turned down the
interview.
James Greene said
his son told him "A really good day for me was a really bad day for Joe
(Matt's friend) and I didn't want to make it any worse."
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