Ottawa Senators centre Kyle Turris makes a handsome living playing hockey.
It came quite by surprise. Turris wasn't born into a hockey-mad family that pushed him into the game. Hockey was something Turris played when it wasn't lacrosse season.
Turris 27, from New Westminster, grew up in an athletic household. His father, Bruce, is a lacrosse legend in British Columbia and a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Kyle's mother, Vikky, was a high school sprinter.
With that genetic head start, Kyle developed as much from backyard play as he did playing box lacrosse as a youth.