Yahoo Sports Habs goalie Carey Price offers big hug to young fan whose mom died of cancer
Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price did a good thing.
Last year, as Brantford, Ont., mother Laura McKay was dying of cancer, she promised her son Anderson Whitehead she would do everything she could to make sure he met Price, his idol.
Anderson, who is 11, met the all-star during the morning skate in Toronto last week. McKay died in November, before she could witness the touching moment between her son and the goalie.
Carey Price showing he is one of the classiest athletes in all of sports. The young man (Anderson) idolizes Price and his mother, before dying of cancer, promised she would try to help them meet. It finally happened. Both feel the emotion as Anderson’s dream finally comes true. pic.twitter.com/19EjIH2NNe
— Goalie Gear Nerd (@GoalieGearNerd) February 28, 2019
The boy's aunt, Tammy Whitehead, posted a video of the encounter on Facebook. It has been viewed millions of times.
Good luck keeping it together while watching.
Price gave Anderson a big hug as the boy cried into his shoulder. Price signed Anderson's jersey and mini stick, and gave him two signed sticks and a signed puck.
"Words cannot describe how much this meant to Anderson and we are forever grateful to this wonderful man," Whitehead wrote in the Facebook post.
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