Brian interviews Kevin Porter. Porter, a firefighter and paramedic by trade, is intent on chasing the dream through his 40s to play in the NHL. Four major events have shaped Porter’s life, for better or worse. The first three — not making a double A minor hockey team, his grandmother dying of cancer, his mother dying in a construction accident — all occurred very suddenly as a teen. The fourth event: a near-death experience while answering a house call for Brampton Fire in 2010. After the accident, at the over-the-hill age of 35, Porter pledged allegiance to hockey, a sport he had abandoned competitively at 17.