The word “cancer” never brings good news. It’s a deadly disease that has taken millions of lives and has devastated even more. When someone is diagnosed with a form of cancer, it can take over who they are. It can change your perceptions on life and, even worse, your strength.
However, for Eddie Olczyk, a former Chicago Blackhawks forward and currently the team’s TV color commentator, cancer doesn’t seem likely to bring down him or his family. Especially with the entire hockey world around him, it’s cancer who has the ice tilted against it.
Olczyk was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this week, which had to be extremely difficult to take.