MAX TALBOT
by Rhonda Price
& Cynthia Phaneuf
Canada’ s Coolest Parents On and Off the Ice!
What’ s a couple to do after filling up the trophy case with Olympic medals and a Stanley Cup? For National Hockey League veteran Max Talbot and figure skating champion Cynthia Phaneuf, the next logical goal was parenthood. As Canada’ s mostaccomplished couple on ice, they are expecting their second child at any time and are hoping to make changing diapers look as easy as landing a toe loop or winning a face-off.
“ We’ re waiting until the last minute to get ready for this one,” explained Cynthia, who said there was a lot more fuss last year over the birth of their son, Jaxson.“ The baby’ s room is not ready yet, and we don’ t know if it’ s a boy or a girl. We’ re waiting to be surprised.”
Most certainly the next“ ice baby” will inherit some stellar athletic genes. Max is a seasoned NHL center currently with the Boston Bruins. His career has included stints with the Colorado
Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers, and, most notably, he scored the winning goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. Cynthia, who retained her maiden name Phaneuf after the couple married, is Canada’ s two-time national figure skating champion and a 2010 Olympian. Both hail from Quebec, but met in Montreal in 2012 when they discovered they shared the same massage therapist. Max was floored by Cynthia’ s achievements from the moment
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