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Canucks invite Boeser's parents into dressing room to announce lineup

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The Vancouver Canucks made Brock Boeser's NHL debut a family affair Saturday afternoon.

The club invited the new signee's parents into the dressing room to reveal the starting lineup for the Canucks' game against the Minnesota Wild, according to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune.

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Boeser's father, Duke, lives with Parkinson's disease.

The moment was captured by the younger Boeser's new agent, Ben Hankinson.

Boeser hails from nearby Burnsville, Minn., about a half-hour drive from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, where Saturday's game took place.

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