Meg and Justin Dowling welcomed their first child, a daughter named Perri, on March 21 -- one week after the NHL season was paused.
They spent three months together as a family. On June 27, Dowling flew to Dallas for postseason training camp, while Meg and Perri stayed home in Cochrane, Alberta. "Of course they had a choice to opt out, but they don't really have a choice," Meg Dowling says. "This is his dream he's chasing. I'm so happy for him, but I knew he'd miss so much."
Dowling's Dallas Stars have made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.