The garage connected to Owen Tippett’s childhood home in Peterborough took a beating for years, and at least one window was broken in the making of this hockey player.
But the repair costs have been well worth it for the Tippett family.
After all, it was there in the province of Ontario — about 80 miles northeast of hockey-crazed Toronto — where Tippett learned to fire a puck with terrifying speed and amazing creativity, skills that appear destined to make him rich and famous in the NHL.
“Tippett has an all-world shot,” Florida Panthers broadcaster Randy Moller said.