The photos still hang on the wall of the house where Mike Vecchione grew up in Saugus, Mass., testaments to a mind-boggling discipline and work ethic that his parents preached to all three of their children as each found their passion.
They are striking photographs from the days in which Joe and Diane Vecchione were competitive athletes themselves. But when you’re a high school kid inviting a friend over to the house for the first time, they can be a little unnerving as well.
“They’ve got these photos in the front room of their cut-up bodies,” the Flyers forward was saying the other day.