The beginner of "Detroit" took number in honor of the father

The defender" Hockey club "Detroyt Red Uingz"" Geoffrey Pitri, passed a team as a result of an exchange from Hockey club "Monreal Kanadiyens", told that took jersey with the 46th number in honor of the father — the baseball player Pitri Dan. Pitri Dan the Sr. supported the Detroit Taygers team. "It sent me a lovely note. He told that for him it is a great honor and that he never thought that it will occur. Hockey always was something that it was pleasant to me more, than baseball. I needed some time at last to tell it to my father and to leave from this subject … Simply hockey meant to me a little more" — Geoffrey Pitri quote...