Gardiner's young son Henry shows off slapper, whacks 18 ping-pong balls
Diaper-clad baby blasts shots in video posted to Hurricanes defenseman's Instagram
ByPat Pickens @Pat_Pickens / NHL.com Staff Writer
Somebody get Henry Gardiner an entry-level contract.
The son of Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jake Gardiner, wearing only a diaper, whacked 18 straight slap shots for his proud parents in an Instagram video Instagram from @jgardiner272: My quarantine training buddy! You might remember Henry from his extra-excited introduction Carolina back in September after Gardiner signed a four-year contract with the Hurricanes. Well, the kid is back and he has a bona fide clapper. Henry used some fancy footwork to blast each of the ping-pong balls set up by Jake and his wife Lucy. He even let out a celly after getting through the lot. And then, of course, because he is a one-year-old, he wanted to immediately set it up again. And, if we are counting this weekend, young Henry has already put in more work than New York Rangers forward Ryan Strome.