Holan Milos

One-by-one they filled out the proper forms, then gave just a little bit of themselves in order to help out a teammate. The Mighty Ducks were tested en masse Tuesday at The Pond to see if their blood matched Milos Holan's. Holan, a defenseman from the Czech Republic, has chronic granulocytic leukemia and needs a marrow transplant. Testing of the Ducks' players, coaches and management was just the first step in a much-larger search of world-wide marrow donor banks.

One-by-one they filled out the proper forms, then gave just a little bit of themselves in order to help out a teammate. The Mighty Ducks were tested en masse Tuesday at The Pond to see if their blood matched Milos Holan's. Holan, a defenseman from the Czech Republic, has chronic granulocytic leukemia and needs a marrow transplant. Testing of the Ducks' players, coaches and management was just the first step in a much-larger search of world-wide marrow donor banks.

If everybody else wants to think Milos Holan has already won, that by the very fact that Holan is on hockey skates and joining in the festivities of the Mighty Duck training camp, that this means he has accomplished some magical, miraculous achievement, well, hey, that's fine. But that's not why Holan is here. This story could be tragic, and believe Holan when he says that many times he thought his story might be.