What This Boy Did for a Sick Girl At Hockey Game Has Everyone Cheering

From The Good News Network, March 31, 2015

When a seven-year-old girl left chemotherapy for a Winnipeg Jets hockey game, she couldn’t have known how a whole city was about to rally around her, particularly a generous boy named Keaton.

Her family was shown on the big Jumbotron screen during the game while she and her mother held up a sign saying “Chemo by day, Jets by night.”

Player on both the Jets and Dallas Stars teams began banging their sticks on the ice, as the crowd gave little Alyx Delaloye, who had no hair, a standing ovation.

As the inspiring story spread on social media, another one was about to begin. The Jets had invited Alyx’s family back and that’s when nine-year-old Keaton Hamin chose to shine.

During the game he was handed an autographed hockey stick from one of the players and Alyx ran down the aisle to take a look at it. Moments later, after she returned to her seat, he walked up to look for her and handed his prize to the girl.

A shocked Alyx thanked Keaton with a big hug.

Keaton told the CBC, “It was really exciting when I got the stick, but right away my instinct knew I had to give it to Alyx.”

“It really made me feel good and super proud that he did that,” Keaton’s dad, Ken Hamin said.

Not to be outdone by his son, Mr. Hamin gave the whole Delaloyes family tickets to another Jets game that followed Alyx’s next round of chemo and the the two families went together.

The Winnipeg club had a surprise waiting for young Keaton. Before the game, he was handed a brand new, autographed hockey stick from the Jets — a way of saying thanks for his generosity.

(WATCH the full story below, from CBC’s The National) – Photos via JetsTV