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“He was my best friend” – Ryan Winterton on the loss of his brother Jacob and support from the Kraken

“He was my best friend” – Ryan Winterton on the loss of his brother Jacob and support from the Kraken

The Seattle Kraken were in Toronto for an October matchup with the Maple Leafs, coincidentally right in the backyard of young Kraken forward Ryan Winterton’s childhood home. As he rode the team bus, he received a call that no 22-year-old should have to field. The cancer his older brother Jacob had been fighting was deemed terminal. He had six months to live. “I remember getting the call. I was on the bus, and… it wasn’t embarrassing, but I just couldn’t keep it together,” Ryan said. "And just hearing that news about your best friend being terminally ill, it doesn’t matter who it is, it’s never easy to cope with, let alone your brother.” A former junior player for the Flint Firebirds and...

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