A year before Elias Pettersson burst onto the scene with the Vancouver Canucks, there was Brock Boeser. Arriving from the University of North Dakota at the end of the 2016-17 season and making his debut in his home state of Minnesota against the Wild, Boeser quite literally burst onto the scene for the Canucks.
He was put on a line with Henrik and Daniel Sedin to start his career. Many Canucks fans fell in love with Boeser from this touching moment when Boeser’s father Duke, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease, and mother Laurie were given the opportunity to read out the starting lineup in the Canucks’ dressing room.