North Bellmore’s Matt Gilroy, Boston University Class of 2009, pretty much has been around the hockey world. The lean defenseman has played Broadway, Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, Moscow and Helsinki, to pick just four of his bases.
Now he takes the road less traveled to Pyeongchang, South Korea — to represent the United States in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, which begins on Valentine’s Day.
While Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews, Phil Kessel, Brock Boeser, Ryan McDonagh slog through the winter dog days of an interminable NHL season that breaks for Christmas, bye weeks and All-Star activities, but not the Games.