There are a lot of shared connections between Garnet Hathaway and Sam Calagione.
Hathaway, the Philadelphia Flyer, grew up in Maine, and Calagione, the founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, first learned how to brew in the same state.
They each have a love for hockey, too, with Calagione calling back to his high school hockey days and how his school used to play Hathaway's, although that was across different eras.
They also hold local first responders in high regard.
Hathaway was named after his great grandfather, who was a fireman in Winnipeg that he grew up hearing heroic stories about, and served as the inspiration for his, and his wife, Lindsay's, charity initiative "Hath's Heroes," where they host first responders at games throughout the season dating back to Garnet's days with