A disappointing finish to Filip Forsberg ’s hockey season was adopted by one heck of an opportunistic milestone in his private life. Forsberg, 30, and the Nashville Predators misplaced within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring, crashing out in six video games towards the Vancouver Canucks on Could 3. 9 days later, Forsberg’s spouse, Erin Alvey , gave beginning their first child, son Felix.
Along with his hockey schedule instantly freed up, it allowed Forsberg — who stars on Prime Video’s new actuality sequence Faceoff: Contained in the NHL together with his spouse (and Felix!) — to spend all summer time with the most recent addition to his household. “The primary month and a half, it was simply restoration mode for me,” Forsberg solely advised Us Weekly . “I didn’t must go to the rink, go to apply.
I didn’t must do something. It was actually simply spending time with him and Erin.” Associated: These Sizzling NHL Dads Have the Cutest Hockey Cheering Sections in Their Kids If there was a Stanley Cup for parenting, certainly these NHL all-stars would win all of it.
Washington Capitals athlete Alex Ovechkin, for his half, shares sons Ilya and Sergei together with his spouse, Nastasiya Ovechkina. Alex and Nastasiya’s boys have ceaselessly been within the stands, however they aren’t pushing their children to observe in Dad’s footsteps. [.
..] Forsberg continued, “Particularly folks in my career, it’s very uncommon you get that.