Ryan Reaves was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the fifth round of the 2005 NHL Draft. Throughout his career, he’s remained a close friend of hockey broadcaster Scott Oake and his family. (OnlyAGameNPR)
In the late 1980s and early ’90s, while Scott Oake was establishing himself as one of Canada’s foremost sports broadcasters, Ryan Reaves was growing up across the street in Winnipeg. As young children, Ryan and his brother befriended Scott Oake’s two sons, Bruce and Darcy.I literally did everything with them," Reaves says."Playing hockey in the streets. Playing, you know, in the middle of winter, making snowmen. Everything kids do, that was me and the Oakes family.
"Well, you guys are my second family," Reaves said."I was very comfortable walking in your house with a robe." "I was in St. Louis for the first time," Reaves says."I just got called up for the first time in my career. That was the first time I had ever played in the NHL. So my dream had just come true. A couple of weeks later, one of my best friends died.""I didn’t know — I didn’t really know how to handle it," Reaves says."Whether I should get back to Winnipeg for the funeral or whatever. So I called Scott and Ann. And Scott told me, ‘Don’t you dare come back.
Last summer, as Vegas embarked on an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Final in its inaugural season, Reaves and Oake became something of a regular feature on"Hockey Night in Canada." Their exchanges became especially colorful when Vegas played Reaves’ and Oakes’ hometown team, the Winnipeg Jets, in the Western Conference Final. Naturally, Oake was there, live on the air, a microphone in his hand.
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