Brendan Shanahan played 21 physical, angry seasons in the NHL yet he could walk into a Hollywood producer’s office tomorrow morning and be cast as the male lead.
Shanahan, 41, still has his looks; most old hockey players have faces that are zippered on and are the texture of corduroy.
Shanahan is still the best looking man in most rooms these days, plus among the smartest and most charming, and it’s enough to make guys like me sick.
I’m not telling you anything the ladies don’t already know.
He sat behind a desk in an office inside the Kennedy Ice Center in Trenton Saturday and spoke eloquently on a number of subjects, including his involvement in a fascinating story involving two local high school teams from 1999. But more about that later.
This used to be Shanahan’s time—right now. Spring hockey. The playoffs going on. Lose four games within a seven-game window and you’re on the golf course tomorrow.
Shanahan loves golf and he’s very good at it. But he never loved it enough to choose it over playoff hockey.
“I miss playing at the elite level. ...
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