The Calgary Flames executive has lived with A.L.S. since 2019. The team he helped build is in the N.H.L. playoffs, and he is still here to see whatever happens.
He led the N.H.L. in goals twice as his team won four consecutive Stanley Cups in the early ’80s, but he felt it never got the recognition it deserved.
The Pioneers are now tied for most Division I men’s college hockey titles with Michigan, the team they beat in overtime in the national semifinal round.
No hockey team in N.C.A.A. history has had a roster like the Wolverines, who are loaded with 13 N.H.L. draft picks and are playing in a record 26th national semifinal.