CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Brian Boyle knew that he'd be cutting it close.
Boyle was walking out of a team meeting prior to the Penguins' practice on New Year's Day. He checked his phone, and had a text from his wife Lauren, who was pregnant with their third child and thought she might be in labor.
Boyle was in Pittsburgh. His wife was at their home in Hingham, Mass.
Boyle immediately called Lauren, who told him, "Go practice, I don't know what's happening."
Luckily, Boyle's older sister Jennifer, a doctor who runs a family practice, was able to rush to Boyle's home.