Duncan Keith related the Hockey Hall of Fame experience in a story any Canadian could understand. Article content

He spoke of his mother Jean driving him to practice in Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario first thing in the morning. Article content Article content

“I can still see her standing behind the glass,” the emotional three-time Stanley Cup winner said Monday night when he joined eight new Hall inductees. “She’d stay five or 10 minutes then leave for her 12-hour shift working at a nursing home. Or I’d get woken up by my dad who’d say: ‘It’s a working day’. Dad always said: ‘Play with fire,’ Mom said ‘eyes in the back of your head.’ ”

But Keith saved a heartfelt part of his speech to salute his Chicago Blackhawks defence partner Brent Seabrook. They each played 1,000 games,

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