New York Rangers to attend funeral for Martin St. Louis' mother

[Sportsguy9695]

The New York Rangers will attend the funeral of veteran forward Martin St. Louis' mother on Sunday in Montreal as an entire team, coach Alain Vigneault revealed Thursday afternoon.

St. Louis and his family had originally planned to hold the funeral on Saturday, but have since moved the service to Sunday so as not to conflict with the Rangers' Eastern Conference finals-opening game against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday afternoon.

Vigneault indicated that once the schedule for the series was released, they spoke with the league in an attempt to get that changed but that St. Louis' family ultimately rearranged their plans instead.

"We were able to, yesterday, work with the NHL for schedule. Marty's [mother's] funeral was supposed to be Saturday. [They] couldn't move the time of the game, so Marty being the way he is, was able to move the funeral to Sunday," Vigneualt said. "So Sunday, as a team we'll be able to attend his mother's funeral."

Source: ESPN NY

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Best wishes to MStL, losing your mother right around Mother's Day is about the worst thing I could imagine. About as bad as losing your kid on their birthday. I wish him the best, God bless, and RIP to France St. Louis.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

This is a tight knit team. Just one big family, especially how they've gone about this.