Just about everyone in the hockey world is at least somewhat familiar with Travis Roy's story, but John Hynes knows it better than most.
Now the head coach of the Predators, Hynes was there inside Walter Brown Arena on that opening night in October of 1995 for the Boston University Terriers game against the University of North Dakota. Hynes watched as his teammate, a freshman from Maine, went headfirst into the boards just 11 seconds into his first shift.
The accident left Roy paralyzed, a young man with so much potential taken away in an instant - or, at least that's how it seemed.
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