Kris Draper's son is demanding and awesome when it's his birthday

Whenever Kris Draper's offspring make it into a hockey story, it's never for a pedestrian reason. Which is to say that his daughter once pooped inside the Stanley Cup.

Next Saturday, his son Kienan turns nine. In celebration, he and a group of friends attended yesterday's game between dad's Detroit Red Wings and the Boston Bruins. 

Now, normally you'd expect a son to ask his soon-to-be-40-year-old father to have a good game, don't embarrass him, maybe pick up a point during the contest to give the party something to celebrate.

Not Kienan. He wanted a goal. And Draper delivered. From the Detroit Free Press:

"That was pretty cool," Draper said. "He wasn't asking for a goal, he was more or less telling me to get a goal. I think you could tell by the smile on my face I was pretty pumped when it went in." 

Draper, who got showered with ice chips courtesy of Henrik Zetterberg while talking to reporters after the game, scored midway through the second period when he picked up Patrick Eaves' centering pass and lifted a forehand high behind Tim Thomas.

The Red Wings won, 4-2, with Draper getting the game-winner, sweeping two straight from the Bruins. Pretty cool moment for Draper, who had five goals in 27 games heading into the contest:

As for Kienan ... well, it's OK to be envious of a kid whose birthday gifts include his father scoring a game-winning goal on national television in his honor and who has eaten Fruit Loops out of the Stanley Cup. Granted, it was the same Cup his sister defecated into, but we'll assume they clean the thing on the regular, considering it's also appeared at a Kid Rock beach party.

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