Flyers president Paul Holmgren took to the Players' tribune on Monday to pay tribute to his late brother Dave, who died many years ago but continues to serve as an inspiration.
Dave Holmgren, the oldest of four Holmgren children, suffered from diabetes starting when he was eight years old. Two years later, complications from disease caused him to go blind.
That meant Dave didn't get to see Paul fulfill his childhood dream of attending a hockey camp at Bemidji State, a few hours' drive from the Holmgrens' home in St. Paul, Minn.
But Dave played a big part in Paul going to that camp nonetheless:
He had some money saved, he said, and he wanted to do this for me.