Brad Marchand took a leave of absence from the Florida Panthers to help his longtime friend through a tragedy.

The Panthers star returned to his hometown Halifax, Nova Scotia to coach the March and Mill Co. Hunters to support coach and trainer JP MacCallum, whose 10-year-old daughter, Selah, died of cancer.

Marchand co-owns the youth hockey team with former Boston Bruins teammate Kevan Miller.

“It’s tough,” Marchand told High Button Sports prior to the game . “The only reason I’m back here is because something extremely tragic has happened. A beautiful life has been lost. My bond with JP goes back many years. We have a group of guys that are all here this evening. We grew up together. Our lives have been crossed for many, many years. There’s no place that I’d be other than her

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