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INSIDE THE NHL

The Father of All Road Trips

by Kostya Kennedy

Posted: Wed March 18, 1998

How's this for paternal instinct? Sabres coach Lindy Ruff has invited his players to bring their dads on a road trip of their choice this season at Buffalo's expense. The fathers fly on the team charter, dine with the club and, if the weather cooperates, on game days play golf with the players who won't be in the lineup that night. "His eyes were glowing the whole time," says defenseman Jason Woolley of his father, Doug, who accompanied the team on a two-game Florida swing against the Panthers and the Lightning last month. "It was one of the most memorable experiences of our lives."

The fathers seem to lift their sons' performances. Woolley scored one of his six goals this season in the game against the Panthers, and right wing Jason Dawe, whose father, Eric, also went on that Florida trip, had a goal and an assist as Buffalo won both games. "It's been wonderful," says the 38-year-old Ruff, a father of four. "I'm only afraid the moms will say they've gotten stiffed."

Issue date: March 23, 1998

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