Father knows best when to keep mum
Ben Kuzma The Province The toughest critique Ryan Kesler endures doesn’t come from coach Alain Vigneault. It comes on the other end of the long-distance phone line. When Mike Kesler answers the call at...
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Ed Willes The Province The first time it happened — and it would be far from the last — the father sat the son down for a talk. He said, ” You’re down now, and I understand that. But you’ve got two...
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Iain MacIntyre Vancouver Sun As messages go, it wasn’t exactly: “Have a nice summer. Careful not to burn.” When Ryan Kesler had his exit meetings last May with general manager Mike Gillis and coach...
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Ben Kuzma The Province The magnitude of the moment is not lost on Alain Vigneault. Reminded by associate coach Rick Bowness that it took him 20 years to get back to the NHL’s version of the Final Four,...
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Brad Ziemer Vancouver Sun Ryan Kesler refers to teammates Kevin Bieksa and Alex Burrows as his brothers. “Not like Hank and Danny brothers,” he says of the Sedin twins. “We’re like brothers that fight....
View ArticleReading creates a ‘sanctuary’ for Ryan Kesler’s family; Canucks star shares...
Yvonne Zacharias Vancouver Sun When Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler was growing up in Livonia, Mich., not far from Detroit, reading was a rich part of his childhood. His mother probably read to...
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