For Justin Faulk, Mother’s Day is pretty much every day.
The Carolina Hurricanes defenseman lost his father when he was 7 years old. Now 26, Faulk has relied on his mother, Gail, for so much in his life and doesn’t wait until the second Sunday in May to tell her how much he appreciates and loves her.
“I probably wasn’t the easiest child to deal with," Faulk said in an interview this past season. “I played a ton of hockey and it’s an expensive sport. She worked so hard to provide for me and my brother financially.