Kings Clancy’s great-granddaughter Laura Stacey carries on hockey tradition
Just having Hockey Hall of Famer King Clancy as her great-grandfather was exciting enough for Laura Stacey as a youngster. But as an adult, she needed to know more.
Recent conversations with her grandmother Carole Kavanagh, Clancy’s daughter, made Stacey feel more connected to the man in the family photos.
“Knowing more has definitely brought me closer to that legacy,” Stacey said. “Now he’s more of a role model and inspiration for me in the sense that I know more about him and his life and the character he was.”
The 22-year-old forward from Kleinberg, Ont., will make her world championship debut for the Canadian women’s hockey team Friday in Plymouth, Mich.