Left-winger laces up now for coaching and philanthropy. This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins: Love Where We Live summer series.

The London region is fertile ground for a Canadian specialty: big-league hockey players. Article content

Drew Doughty, Nazem Kadri, Joe Thornton, Craig MacTavish and more. A long list of National Hockey League players and former players, going way back, have come out of London and Southwestern Ontario, either born in the city or developed through junior leagues in the region or both. Article content Article content

Rich as that legacy is, however, not all hockey pros remain as engaged with their home turf or in the local public eye after their on-ice stardom as former NHLer and former London Knight Brandon Prust.

Now 41, Prust is the head coach

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