Blues' O'Reilly has ultimate support group
by Curtis Zupke, Los Angeles Times
Jun 12, 2019
3 minutes
BOSTON - Ryan O'Reilly doesn't need much more inspiration to play the biggest game of his life. Everything he's worked for in his career boils down to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
But he can draw a little extra from his 99-year-old grandmother.
Throughout the playoffs, Deidre O'Reilly has emailed the St. Louis Blues center encouragement from her home in Seaforth, Canada, a small town in the southern part of the Ontario province. The latest message arrived Monday.
"She's 99 and she's been a huge
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