This time around he wanted to take his mom, Marie, but she wasn’t up to it physically. Wings GM Ken Holland and goaltending coach Jim Bedard brought their wives, Cindi and Arja, while Pavel Datsyuk took his mother-in-law, Liubov Bykova, and defenseman Mike Green is accompanied by his billet mom, Joan Dietz.įour years ago as an assistant on the Wings’ coaching staff, Jeff Blashill brought his dad, Jim, on the fathers’ trip. Other moms on this week’s trip are Natalie Granato, Sheryl Abdelkader, Leslie Glendening, Koriene Helm, Lynda Howard, Denise Larkin, Debra Quincey, June Richards, Margaret Sheahan, and Deirdre Sheeran, who is Brendan Smith’s mom. She has a lot of them (grandchildren) but she doesn’t get to see Liv as much as the other kids.” “She also has a chance to see my wife and my daughter. “When I told her we’re having a moms’ trip instead she was really happy and very excited over the phone,” Ericsson said. (Photo by Bill Roose/Detroit Red Wings)ĭefenseman Jonathan Ericsson is thrilled for his mom (Susanne Andersson), but probably more so because she’ll get an extra four days to spend with her granddaughter following the Florida trip. Henrik Zetterberg and his mom, Ulla, pose for a photo in front of the captain's dressing room stall on Tuesday morning. Six moms traveled to Detroit from Europe this week to be with their sons, including Ingeborg Kronwall, Eva Nyquist, Susanne Andersson, Maria Tatarova and Lenka Mrazokova. Also joining the Wings entourage are two wives, a mother-in-law, a billet mom, and a sister. The Wings left Detroit on Tuesday afternoon, accompanied on Red Bird III by 23 guests, including 18 of their mothers. A lot of moms probably have to thank him because he was the push that made this happen.” I think Tony Granato really wanted to do this. “This is something we’re looking forward to,” said Zetterberg, whose mom Ulla is on the trip. You have to earn this and it’s all God’s blessings.”Ĭaptain Henrik Zetterberg said the moms have assistant coach Tony Granato to thank for this year’s invite. “To be able to go on this moms’ trip, it’s the first ever, and I’m a part of it, and my son’s here,” she said, “I mean, you can’t buy a trip like this. But this year it’s the mothers’ turn, and Linda DeKeyser couldn’t be more excited for the two-day trip to Florida to see the Wings faceoff against the Lightning and Panthers on Wednesday and Thursday. But this week, the current group of Red Wings’ moms will get a big thank you from their hockey-playing sons.įor years, the Red Wings have taken their fathers and other male mentors on an annual road trip during the NHL regular season. Moms don’t become moms to receive awards. Like their hockey-playing sons, moms have paid their dues, too, helping juggle school commitments and game schedules, all while keeping things together at home, preparing meals, doing laundry, and making sure homework gets done. “Homework with a flashlight in the back of the van. “Playing travel hockey with very late nights, coming back on a Sunday night and up for school very early in the morning,” Linda said. And she was always by her son’s side when things didn’t go according to plan, like the few times he was cut from a youth team. Like all NHL moms, Linda knows the lengths that her son, Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser, went to become a professional hockey player.Īs part chauffeur, part counselor, she was often there to drop off and pick up at practices. “Like all players,” she added, “all players have to work hard.” “He always had an ability, a hockey ability, but you know, he just always had to work real hard,” she said.īut as the words left her lips, she was quick to amend her comments. DETROIT – A little misty eyed, Linda DeKeyser spoke passionately about her son’s upbringing and his determination to follow a dream.
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