Giving Back: NHL Player Tanner Kero Comes Home
By Mark Wilcox | Published August 16, 2017
As a child, Tanner Kero learned the fundamentals of hockey at Michigan Tech's Hockey School. This summer, Kero, a rising star with the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL, gave back.
The youngsters who attended Hockey School at Michigan Technological University this summer received a rare treat. Among the instructors at the three, week-long camps was a rising star in the National Hockey League. A player who, not that long ago was standing in their shoes … er… skates.
Former Michigan Tech hockey standout Tanner Kero, who will soon begin his third season with the Chicago Blackhawks, returned to the Copper Country this summer. It was a homecoming on many levels for Kero, a Hancock native. He returned to the Michigan Tech ice, the same ice where he played four years of Division I college hockey. Where he was named Huskies MVP, the scoring leader and Player of the Year in the WCHA and was a finalist for college hockey's highest honor, the Hobey Baker Award.