Jordan Leopold is a professional hockey player in the NHL who loves only one thing more than his chosen sport: his family.
He started his career as a defense man in the 2002–2003 season, and he even played for the 2006 Winter Olympics team. In his time with the NHL, he has played for seven different teams, including most recently the Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio. An unfortunate factor of his job is that where he works depends on which team trades for him, and he must frequently be out of town for away games.
This has sometimes been tough on his family, which includes a son and three daughters. While their father has been playing for an Ohio team, his family has found a comfortable, stable life in Minnesota and they miss their dad.
Fortunately, Jordan has an intelligent, 10-year-old daughter with a fantastic talent for writing persuasive letters — a skill she had been studying in school. Her letter was so persuasive, in fact, that it changed her father's entire career for the better.
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While her father played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, 11-year-old Jordyn wanted him traded back to the Minnesota Wild so he could be near home. She decided to write a persuasive letter to the owners of the Minnesota Wild explaining why they should trade for her dad.
She never actually intended to send the letter, but her mother found it and posted it to Facebook for a few close friends. The letter quickly went viral.
"Dear Minnesota Wild Coaches,
My name is jordyn Leopold. My Dad is jordan Leopold one of the Columbus blue jackets Defenseman. Well my Dad is very lonly without his family. We are living in Minnesota right now and I am lost without my dad and so is my mom, my 2 sisters, and my brother. My Dad is on a team with young Guys and is very lonly and is not playing because the jackets got him because they needed a D man. It has been since November and we can not take it anymore. Well to get to the point, the wild have not been winning Games you lovly Coaches are most likley mad about that but your team need's some more D men so can you please, please, plase ask the jackets if you Guys can get him!
Thanks.
Love Jordyn Leopold [smiley face]"
The letter seemed to work! The Minnesota Wild coaches recently announced their decision to accept Jordan Leopold back onto their team!
Hockey players are known for being tough, but Jordan admits: "My kids picked me up at the airport last night with open arms. I try not to get emotional, but it is. It’s a great thing.”
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