NESN’s new documentary on Travis Roy gets to the heart of who he was before and beyond suffering a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down 11 seconds into Boston University hockey career.
It gets to your heart, too.
The hourlong film, titled “Travis Roy: A Life & A Legacy,” premieres Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on NESN, and will re-air Sunday at 5 p.m. and Tuesday at 6 p.m. Roy’s story is more than familiar to New England sports fans; it’s part of the region’s fabric.
But NESN’s documentary — which tells the story of his life in full, framed by his annual Wiffle ball fund-raiser in Vermont for his foundation — does a remarkable job of reminding us of who Roy was before his 1995 accident, and all that he did to help others before dying in October 2020 at age 45.