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B.C. boy Grant practices ‘patience’

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Penguins skate Saturday in Vancouver. - CHRIS BRADFORD / DKPS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Growing up in nearby Abbottsford, B.C., Derek Grant's mother was a big fan of the hometown Vancouver Canucks. So, naturally, her son just had to be a fan of the ... Colorado Avalanche.

Sure, it might have made for some hard feelings in '04 following the Todd Bertuzzi-Steve Moore incident, but Grant says he wasn't being a contrarian just to tick off his mom.

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