Canadiens defenceman Noah Dobson was a great all-around athlete while growing up in Summerside, P.E.I.

In Grade 8 at Summerside Intermediate School, Dobson earned a perfect 100 per cent mark in physical education. But the phys-ed teacher who gave him that grade remembers Dobson as much more than just a great athlete.

“Noah got 100 because Noah was that kind of kid,” Trevor Bridges, who has taught phys-ed for more than 25 years, recalled in a phone interview this week. “He was the best athlete. He was the nicest kid. And he was really good at everything he did.

“You never had to discipline him,” added Bridges, who now teaches at Stonepark Intermediate School in Charlottetown, P.E.I. “You never had to talk to him twice. A lot of these hockey players almost feel like they’re better tha

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