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O’Reilly shares
Stanley Cup visit
with grandmother
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words with his grandmother,
O’Reilly then took questions from
the media, looking back on his life
since the Blues bested the Bruins in
early June.
He said things haven’t really
slowed down for him since then, and
he was looking forward to visiting
family so he could sit back and
really let the win soak in.
O’Reilly also put to rest any
question about which Huron County
community he calls home, a matter
that has been of some debate.
Between where he went to school
(Seaforth and Clinton), played
hockey (Seaforth and Goderich) and
where he grew up (outside of
Brucefield), several communities
have laid claim to him.
O’Reilly said that, for him, home
will always be the corner of Mill
Road and Morrison Line, just
outside of Brucefield.
“That will always be what I
remember,” he said.
O’Reilly said that, when he’s
outside of Huron County, he simply
says that it’s home, but he does have
fond memories of Brucefield, as
well as “every corner of this
beautiful county” and he’s happy to
share the community with his
family.
He also addressed how it feels to
have fans, especially the young ones,
from his home town gathering
around just to meet him. At the time,
the Stanley Cup was still under
wraps, and he said while he was
excited to meet, or re-meet
everyone, he couldn’t wait to see
their reaction to the cup. “People get
giddy when it’s around,” he said
with a smile.
When asked what made Seaforth
and Goderich special (the two
locations he was visiting with the
cup), he said that Seaforth was a
great place to grow up, saying he
loved the community and had fond
memories of school at St. James
Catholic School. He said learning to
play and learning to love hockey was
easy in Seaforth, but also said that
Goderich and the town’s YMCA
proved a great place to train for
hockey.
Finally, O’Reilly explained how it
felt winning the cup and bringing it
home, and he said it was a dream
come true.
After leaving Seaforth, O’Reilly
made an unannounced stop in
Clinton at St. Anne’s Catholic
Secondary School, where he ran into
a school-age group from the Clinton
Co-Operative Childcare Centre.
The stop wasn’t planned, however
O’Reilly, before making his way to
the Goderich parade and photograph
sessions, spoke to the young hockey
fans and posed for a picture with
them alongside the Stanley Cup.
For photos from O’Reilly’s visit to
Huron County with the Stanley Cup,
see page 9.
A big moment
From the moment he held Lord Stanley’s Cup above his head, Brucefield native and St. Louis
Blues superstar Ryan O’Reilly wanted to bring it home to his biggest fan, his grandmother
Deirdre O’Reilly. He made that wish a reality last week when he visited, paraded through and
had photographs taken with fans and the cup in both Seaforth and Goderich on Thursday, July
25. Above, he shares some words with Deirdre prior to the parade in Seaforth. (Denny Scott photo)