LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brett Kulak didn’t get his regular pregame routine in on Monday.
Instead of skating with his teammates ahead of Game 1 against the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers defenseman was on a flight after briefly returning home for the birth of his second daughter, Scotlyn, on Sunday afternoon.
The plan had long been for Kulak’s wife, Caitlin, to have a C-section early Monday morning, but health care workers at the hospital heard the family might have a scheduling conflict.
“They called on Saturday evening and were like ‘Hey, we see your husband and the Oilers are playing on Monday.