Take your hat off for that incredible mother. That family united to help a child chase his dream. Beautiful.

What is so cool is the grandma and grandpa angle. This kid/man has such cool humble beginnings. I think he was smart to leave the game before it destroyed him. Life is too short and he has more than made enough to last many lifetimes.

I had no idea Big Savage came from such a humble background. My respect for him, his mother, and his family has gone up a notch!

Great story, love Dustin what a beast.

Glad he left on his own terms….. just the way we knew he would :)

Im from Winnipeg, he’s still my favourite player! I wear his #33 jersey at every game. I wish I could go fishing with him one day!

Three most important takeaways from this great story; family, family, family.

Buffs step dad was a hard nosed hockey player as well , kudos also to buffs grandpa who drove him around the country to games .

My favorite player tin the NHL. Dude is humble. AWESOME.

Great story. I'm happy for the family and for big buff.

The most underated player in the NHL.

I’m from Rockford IL and watched Dustin play as a icehog when I was a kid and obviously am a huge black hawks fan This brought back so many memories ! I’ll forever remember this man ! Much love to him and his fam

Beautiful story......when he was with the hawks i knew he was gonna be great, now hes a jet, thats my team ....for life, being from wpg, we lost our team , but now were back, still cant believe it, hes the best.

Byfuglien is that one player that always amazed me, and it was brilliant that Chicago used him as a centre for a while. Good to see that he's still playing too.

BYFUGLEIN!!! THE MAN!!!!! I GAV UP WATCHING NHL AFTER HE LEFT THE GAME...

Big Buff still missed by Blackhawk fans.

I wouldn’t want to b at the receiving end of one of his hits

Wish he was still a Blackhawk. Will never forget that hit on Pronger in the Finals. After that hit, there was no stopping Chicago.

I used to play traveling ice hockey against Dustin's first-cousins back in the 80s. We never defeated Roseau once. The Rams were a dynamo, up and down the age brackets, from Squirt to Varsity Level. I remember staying at legendary Coach Dick Johnson's place, whom I'm sure Dustin had as a coach. He was nice to us, but to hear him scream during the game and the watch the results those kids gave him. Man! they were damn good. What a wonderful biography of Roseau and one of the Byfulgliens.

I'm a Chicago fan, not as much now since they got rid of buff, and I still have a few players that I like, hosa, Shaw, number 4, I can't even begin to spell his name, jammerson... Something like that, but my all time favorite was, is and always will be big buff... I'd follow him no matter who he played for...my man and such a gentle giant...hats off to you Dustin, and best wishes for no matter what you do...

Very impressed by Dustins family.Much respect to mother, stepdad and grandparents.Thanks for the story.

Good stuff! Seems like a really good dude from a strong family.

man thats cool, 2 payments for a stick and now in the N

right on......bring us too the promise land now buff, jets fan for life.

Big Buff is the man!

Love Big Buff!!! Seems like a genuine guy.

Come back Buff, you are missed!

Thanks for posting this. Really great

Awesome story.

My dads best friend (whom I call uncle) sat beside buff for high school when he was playing for Brandon wheat kings in the whl

What a great family, good to know. Rooting for him and the jets as we speak

Very nice story

And he did bring it back, banner still hangs to this day in the rink

Wow........Winnipeg loves you Buff! Im not even jealous when it comes to how bad my wife crushes on ya dude!

So AWESOME!!!!!! Love the Guy

BIG BUFF!!

Flames fan, but Winnipeg is my second favorite reason because of people like Big Buff. Awesome guy.

Big Buff, Love U man

Honourary Canadian

glad to have buff on the jets he's the man!

Gotta love it!

I love this

Seems like a wonderful dude

6 days a week, 5-6 hours a day. Wow

He probably woulda been a good pro defensive lineman if he'd taken that route, but there's no better place to grow up if you wanna be a hockey player than Roseau MN. With Grandma workin to next to the ice rink at a place where she could make him sandwiches? Damn, that's livin the dream!

I remember getting a shaft and how long it took to get for my mom. Was a big deal for me just like Buff

Now he's killing it in the nhl.

Go buff go

❤️❤️

I love you, Big Buff and the family!

Stan Bowman, nice trade to the Thrashers huh!!! What were you thinking ???/

Struggle breeds greatness

I have . black grand daughters twins and an older sister one and two yrs old beautiful kids . Love them so much . Good luck buff , go jets go.

Why the hell the Hawks ever get rid of him?? huge hitter n was making plenty goals!!

My uncle is byfuglien's friend ( he calls byfuglien buff)

I was a big fan of Buff's before I had the honor of playing drums at his wedding party in Minneapolis. Great guy, great family. An integral part of the 2010 Cup Champs. All was amazing that night until the rap-off between Kris Versteeg and Blake Wheeler, when #26 dropped one of our 1500.00 microphones like it was hot.

did that street sign say "3 1/2 street" ??? wtf haha

+like for BIG BUFF AND SCOTT OAKE

the Rickyism at 3:30 is amazing

BY FOO GLEE ANN

Pronounced...By-FOO-li-en

why did he go AWOL & quit hockey?

Where's dad????

LOVE the Viagra plug at the end LOL

bufflin

I don’t like the guy but he’s fun to watch! Way to find a way to win!

Tapping that colored guy paid off in the end

Why is there a Viagra pill at the very end of the video?

what's with the viagra pill at the end of the video?

Its amazing you never see the "black" father in these videos. My only question is where is his father? Lol