Talking about cancer with teammates 'hard, but I did it'

Jean-Robin Mantha had participated regularly in pre-season sessions, so Patrick Grandmaître was surprised when the 22-year-old defenceman told his Ottawa Gee-Gees hockey team coach he wanted to talk before practice the next day.
Grandmaître expected something “hockey-related.” What he heard was “testicular cancer.”
“First I had to tell the coach because I couldn’t practise anymore,” Mantha said. “He asked me, ‘Do you want to tell