STOCKHOLM -- When Matthew Wood caught a glimpse of the No. 71 jersey, it hit him. It was a piece of his childhood, right there in front of him, a piece of the fandom that had helped him fall in love with hockey, that No. 71 the reason for his No. 71.

Wood, the son of a hockey coach, grew up with the game. He grew up watching and appreciating and loving the Pittsburgh Penguins -- perhaps a rite of passage for every Canadian kid enthralled by Sidney Crosby -- but for Wood, the idol was Evgeni Malkin .

So when Wood caught sight of the racks of Penguins merchandise being set up in Avicii Arena, with that No. 71 prominently among them, he was secretly thrilled. And while he didn’t buy it immediately, by Friday he had made his decision. He pulled out his credit card for a Christmas pres

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