Conor Garland grew up like many kids in New England over the past two decades, idolizing the guy in the No. 12 jersey.
So when the second-year Coyotes winger had his first chance to train at Tom Brady's famous "TB12" training center in Foxborough, Mass., it was a no-brainer for Garland to learn as much as he could about being a professional athlete.
"Brady for sure was a role model," Garland said. "I was a big Patriots fan growing up, a big Bruins fan. They had guys like (Wes) Welker, (Sergei) Samsonov who were smaller guys.