If you came across a story about how a young hockey player had a rare blood type and had done everything he could to donate said blood as often as possible, helping all kinds of people in hospital, you’d feel pretty good, right? Article content

Of course you would. We want to project the best things onto others. We want everyone to have the best intentions, and to do the best they can. Article content Article content

Especially when those efforts are outside that person’s usual sphere, in this case to help society, not just play a sport.

That is the premise that was presented to a number of Vancouver Canucks fans on Facebook this week — that defence prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev, who made his NHL debut late last season, is a special kind of hero.

“In the past five years, he has qui

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