It was June of 2022 and Dampy Brar was in the stands for one of the biggest moments of Nazem Kadri’s career. Article content

Kadri had returned to the Colorado Avalanche after missing a couple weeks with a broken thumb and marked the occasion in the most dramatic of fashions, sniping an overtime winner to put his team up 3-1 in the Stanley Cup final over the Lightning. Article content Article content

“I was thinking ‘If they win, guaranteed he’s going to bring the Cup to the mosque (in London, Ont.),’“ said Brar, who won the NHL’s Willie O’Ree Community Award and runs South Asian Hockey, which helps South Asian Canadians find their way in the sport. “He wears his culture and religion on his sleeve and he’s open about it and respects it and that’s what we want for our youth in any spo

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