A golf course owner-operator in Saskatchewan, Willie Desjardins was no doubt disappointed to miss the Vancouver Canucks’ annual Jake Milford tournament Wednesday at Northview Golf Club in Surrey. But it’s killing Desjardins to miss training camp.
“This is eating him up not to be with the team every day and working,” Canuck general manager Jim Benning said of the National Hockey League team’s absent head coach. “I met with him yesterday. He’s up walking around. He’s using a cane right now, but they’re talking about after the weekend that he may not need to use the cane anymore.