28 Marian Helper • Spring 2026 • Marian.org Ed Morris misses his son-in-law. The National Hockey League (NHL) misses “Johnny Hockey.” But through one God-led brainstorm that the late Johnny Gaudreau (above) and his father-in-law put into action, the entire NHL may someday feel his presence through the Virgin Mary, the Rosary, and seeds that they have planted throughout the league through the simplicity of Rosary rings. “Think of someone in your life that maybe planted a seed in your mind, and you developed it. You watered it, and you did something very good with it,” says Morris, a real estate executive and Catholic evangelist from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. He runs “Team Hope,” a prayer ministry of Catholic friendship. “Johnny planted a seed in my mind. I watered it, and I’m spreading it out to the entire NHL.” Tragedy strikes Often, such seeds of new life come through the hardest of pain. A star player at Boston College, Johnny Gaudreau turned pro and played eight years as a left wing with the Calgary By Jay Sorgi Rosaries on ice mark6mauno/WikiCommons
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