‘Bubbles are very easily burst’

His father Dave was on the bench, his uncle Rod on the 40, and sure enough three-year-old Jack Guiney was in the stand that fateful September 1, 18 years ago.

‘Bubbles are very easily burst’

Only it was all too much for toddler Jack. Not even Tom Dempsey’s goal could stir him from his slumber.

“I think my mother told me that I slept through the whole thing!”

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