As soon as Luca Di Pasquo and Hank Levy walked inside the sauna room at PentictonB次元官网网址檚 community centre last week, they knew something was wrong.
The Penticton VeesB次元官网网址� goaltending tandem is not only making saves on the ice but off it as well, after the two teamed up to help an elderly man out of the hot sauna when he was left alone unconscious.
It was on Wednesday, Nov, 2, at around 1 p.m. when Di Pasquo and Levy arrived at the centre and noticed a man in his 70s, hunched over in the sauna and unresponsive to anyone around him.
Though others at the facility believed he was just taking a nap, the goalies werenB次元官网网址檛 taking any chances.
B次元官网网址淲e started nudging him and he wasnB次元官网网址檛 responding, so we took it upon ourselves to carry him out,B次元官网网址� Levy recalled. B次元官网网址淭hen, we laid him on the floor, lifeguards came to do their thing and then the ambulance arrived.B次元官网网址�
The duo, who call themselves best friends despite meeting just a few months ago, say they were immediately concerned about the manB次元官网网址檚 well-being.
B次元官网网址淚t was obvious that something was wrong from the beginning,B次元官网网址� Di Pasquo said.
Somebody else at the facility notified a lifeguard about the situation while the goalies were carrying the man out of the sauna.
Representatives from the team say the man is expected to make a full recovery, with Di Pasquo adding his condition had noticeably improved while he was being stretched out of the centre by paramedics.
B次元官网网址淲e played such a small part in the whole situation but itB次元官网网址檚 nice to help someone when theyB次元官网网址檙e in need,B次元官网网址� Di Pasquo said. B次元官网网址淚n the moment, we knew we had to help him.B次元官网网址�
Both goalies are in the midst of their first year with the Vees.
Levy, a 20-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, thinks of his father when reflecting on saving the man.
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Di Pasquo, meanwhile, has similar feelings.
B次元官网网址淟ast summer, me and my dad watched someone on a motorcycle get t-boned outside my friendB次元官网网址檚 driveway and we all ran over to help out,B次元官网网址� the 19-year-old from Livonia, Mich. recalled. B次元官网网址淭hat day taught me when something like that ever happens again, always jump in to help.B次元官网网址�
Di Pasquo and Levy say their newfound friendship comes from the familiar bond goaltenders across the hockey world usually share.
And after teaming up at the sauna, their friendship will only become stronger.
The goalies say Fred Harbinson, PentictonB次元官网网址檚 head coach, general manager and president, informed the rest of the team in the locker room about the incident the next day.
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