NESN’s iconic Bruins duo Jack Edwards and Andy Brickley returned this Halloween.
A younger, passionate Boston fan named Silas and his father dressed up as Edwards and Brickley, respectively, for Halloween. Silas’ Edwards costume included not solely a swimsuit, tie (a Bruins one at that), and glasses but additionally a custom-made wheelchair.
It even featured a recreation of the NESN desk, the Bruins lineup, and, after all, a cup of Dunkin’.
Silas suffered a traumatic mind harm at beginning and lives day by day with Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy and a bunch of different secondary diagnoses. That doesn’t forestall him from offering laughs and pleasure to whoever he meets.
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His mom Melissa documented Silas’ “saga” displaying the constructive and emotional moments of caring for a in another way abled youngster. She hopes that by sharing these moments and Silias’ journey it could actually assist individuals perceive his world and in addition present inspiration for caregivers or mother and father experiencing the same path.
A part of the brilliant moments shared is a yearly Halloween custom the place Melissa and her husband do a customized construct of their son’s wheelchair. That is Silas’ third (!) Bruins-related Halloween buyer. Two years in the past, Silias dressed up as a Bruins participant put within the penalty field by his father who dressed up as a referee. The duo additionally teamed up for a “Glad Gilmore”-inspired costume.
It most likely goes with out saying, however Silas loves hockey. He and his dad, Matt, routinely watch Bruins video games on NESN collectively. And when the climate will get colder, they take it outdoors the place Matt constructed a yard rink with a ramp for Silas to take his twirls across the ice.
“It brings Silas a lot pleasure to be out on the rink taking part in hockey,” his mother, Mel, advised NESN in an e mail.
It nonetheless is perhaps a bit early within the season to hit the outside ice, however there are different duties at hand to deal with first — like trick or treating.
“After we see these huge smiles on his face, and see how his costume attracts his friends in to work together with him, it’s price all of the sleepless nights and hours of labor making these costumes come to life!” Mel added.
This 12 months’s Edwards costume was well timed as NESN celebrates the previous play-by-play broadcaster and his greatest moments this Sunday. The celebration will probably be a part of the pregame broadcast for Boston’s matchup in opposition to the Seattle Kraken at TD Backyard.
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