It was more that just a game day for Bryan Bickell of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Bickell did go through the normal routine of the morning skate at PNC Arena, and will be in the lineup Saturday night as the Canes play their final home game of the season against the St. Louis Blues. It will be the third game since the veteran forward, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November, returned to the NHL.
But Saturday began at PNC Arena with Walk MS: Triangle 2017, hosted by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Bickell and his family — wife, Amanda, and their two young daughters — and Amanda’s brother, Devin Caskenette, were on hand for the charity event and joined the hundreds of walkers.