When Mike Sullivan became the Pittsburgh Penguins' head coach, everything changed. It wasn't totally instantaneous, but as soon as Sullivan took the reigns, the Penguins were placed right on the path towards being the best team in the NHL: a path they saw fulfilled by, you know, winning the Stanley Cup.
It couldn't have happened without Sullivan. And for Sullivan, it couldn't have happened without the people in his life who helped him get there.
Mike Sullivan and his dad, George, with the Cup at BU. "Bring it back next year," dad says to son #summerwithStanley pic.