Paul Reddam, who grew up in Ontario, loves the Red Wings as much as he loves horse racing. Gustav Nyquist is one of his favorite players right now.
So as he's done in the past, Reddam named a horse after a player on his beloved boy from Hockeytown. That horse just happened to be good enough to win the 2016 Kentucky Derby — Nyquist, the pre-race favorite at 2-to-1.
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Reddam has named his horses after Red Wings in the past — Datsyuk, Lindstrom, Zetterberg, Mrazek, Kronwall and Tatar among them.