A Selfless Act

Alyx and family with the Winnipeg Jets in the Alyx logo t-shirts.

Alyx Delaloye, age 7, was a special invitee to a WINNIPEG JETS hockey game against the Dallas Stars at the MTS Centre. Alyx is on her sixth round of chemotherapy in her fight against leukemia. At one point during the game, she and her mom held up a homemade sign that said, "Chemo by day, Jets by night".

That sign made it onto the Jumbotron screen and the crowd jumped up and cheered the little girl. And that was pretty much all Alyx wanted; her day was rather special.

But Winnipeg center, Jim Slater, spotted the image on the screen and wanted to meet this young fan. So, he asked her back to another game. In a media interview, Jim said, "I went home last night and just wanted to find out who she was. Hopefully, maybe we get her to another game here, with her and her family, and get her down to meet some of the guys. What she's had to go through, I don't even want to imagine. If we can make her day a little better, a little brighter, that's a huge thing that us as athletes can do." Now, that's a man who's a good role model for youth!



So, Alyx and her family came to another game less than a week later and she got to meet the team in their dressing room. And best of all, every one of them was wearing a Superman-styled t-shirt with Alyx's name on it! She even received a hug from the Jets' mascot.

Then it was off to the game against Los Angeles in the afternoon. There was Alyx in the stands with another banner, this time thanking everyone for their support. There was another standing ovation from the fans and players from both teams for this brave girl.

Not far away from Alyx and her family sat 9-year-old Keaton Hamin and his family. He had received a souvenir hockey stick during a fan giveaway. But he was moved by the courageous young girl who sat a few rows away, so asked his dad if it was okay for him to give her the prized hockey stick he had won.

So, Keaton called her over. As he said, "It was really exciting when I got the stick but right away my instinct knew I had to [give it to] Alyx....I felt really, really bad for her that she had cancer. I hoped that she would feel happy and supported by everybody in Winnipeg." The gift of the hockey stick was accompanied by a generous hug.

There was no expectation of any return by Keaton, but when the team heard about this generous act, more tickets were supplied to both Alyx and family and Keaton and family. They will both attend the same game, newly found friends now. As for the hockey stick, Alyx still has the one Keaton gave her, but the team also thought Keaton should have one, and so he does.

Keaton Hamin with the replacement hockey stick; Alyx and family in background.

Thanks to this article from The Hockey News: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/seven-year-old-fan-battling-cancer-has-week-to-remember-thanks-to-winnipeg-jets-young-boy/; and this article from CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/alyx-delaloye-cancer-fighting-girl-thanks-jets-fans-meets-team-1.2978123.

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