"It's such a unique connection. When you're a fan of someone who's dealing with the exact same thing as you are, that knows exactly what it feels like to be low or high, not many people can kind of resonate with that. Just to see that smile on their face when they see me and when we talk, it's special," said Domi, during an interview with canadiens.com last November. "I think the main message I want to get out there is that I had a dream to play in the NHL when I was born, and that was long before I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes - and I still had the dream after. Now, here I am living out my dream. It just goes to show you that it doesn't get in your way one bit. Whatever you want to be, you can do that."
In conjunction with World Diabetes Day, Domi even held a Q&A session with his followers on Instagram to share some personal stories and offer up words of encouragement.
"It's pretty humbling when that many people are looking up to you," said Domi. "It's like a little community of our own, and they're really focused on certain things that I'm doing. They want to know how to integrate certain things I do into their lives, and I learn as much from them as they learn from me."
Domi was also a champion of the League's annual Hockey is for Everyone initiative, acting as the club's representative this past season.
With that in mind, he joined students at École du Tournesol in Longueuil, QC for a surprise ball hockey game along with Youppi!
