Happy birthday to Derian Hatcher (shown above as a Dallas Star, introducing himself to Darren McCarty, now his teammate in Detroit). The mean-spirited defenseman and native Michigander was born in on this date in 1972. He's... uh... carry the two... 32 today.
Maybe you don't care about hockey players' birthdays, but students from Nashwaaksis Middle School and Devon School in New Brunswick do. They graphed their own
birthdates by month against those of five players on each NHL team. (These are described in different places on the site as either "five of [their] favourite players" or "a random selection of five from each team.")
Thanks to these kids, I know that next Monday is the birthday of another Michigan-born NHLer, Mike Modano! Now I have the weekend to get him something. Maybe a shirt:
