10-year-old boy from P.E.I. joins the Pittsburgh Penguins for a day through Make-A-Wish
CBC
When 10-year-old Myer Gallant from O'Leary, P.E.I., was given the chance to Make-A-Wish, he didn't rush his decision.
After carefully weighing his options — like getting a pool or going on a Disney cruise — Myer made up his mind. He wanted to meet Sidney Crosby and Ryan Graves, and see a Pittsburgh Penguins game.
"It's just really cool," he said of the idea. "I just figured it out somehow."
Myer has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease impacting the nervous system and skeletal muscle.
He's been a Penguins fan for three years, and his wish to meet his favourite National Hockey League players came true last week when he visited Pittsburgh with his mother, Jaclyn Ellis, and cousin Rowan Rennie.
The experience made an impact on Myer and his family.
"Make-A-Wish, they do an incredible job," Ellis said. "But Myer's experience was completely over the top, and that was because of the Penguins. They surpassed any potential expectation that we had for the trip."
When the group arrived in Pittsburgh, they got to attend a Penguins practice and a game.
Inside the dressing room, Myer discovered that the team had set up a full locker for him — complete with a helmet, a hockey bag full of hats and even a personalized jersey with Myer's name and the number 87.
"Sidney Crosby came in, we shook hands and all that and we just talked for a while," Myer said. "I actually had to do a little interview like this."
Myer also got to make his commitment to the team official.
"I signed a contract to be on the Pittsburgh Penguins for a day," he said. "I was red as a lobster, sweating."
Meyer fist-bumped the players before they took to the ice for their game, and got to read out the starting lineup in the locker room.
"It was really cool, but stressful too at the same time."
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