Sofie Ruther from Sweden is going to have the coolest date to prom in her class.
Mathias Tjärnqvist, who played 173 NHL games between the Dallas Stars and Arizona/Phoenix Coyotes organization is set to take Ruther, who has Down Syndrome, to her prom.
Tjärnqvist is supposed to dress up in a matching outfit to Ruther’s and pick her up in a convertible. Ruther lives in Hjärnarp.
The 36-year-old Tjärnqvist also played 394 games in the Swedish Hockey League, and the story in The Local, a Swedish publication, calls him “a former international hockey star who lives in her home town.