Denver native Nick Shore has embraced the honor, no matter how it transpired.
The former University of Denver standout will play for the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team as its most experienced NHL player — more than a month after the league declined to send its current players to Beijing, China.
“Definitely one of the coolest opportunities I’ve ever had in my career, and really, my life,” Shore told The Post in a phone interview. “Didn’t expect it, obviously — I was looking forward to watching it. But this came up and the way you see the support from friends and family, people you haven’t talked to forever, everyone really cares about it.