Boychuk Helping, Housing Quenneville

Johnny Boychuk is trying to show David Quenneville the ropes around New York Islanders training camp, but it's really the least he can do for family.
Boychuk is Quenneville's uncle - through marriage - and is looking out for the Isles 2016 seventh-rounder, who is slated to play his first pro season this year.
After skating, training and barbecuing together in Edmonton this summer, Boychuk invited Quenneville to come stay at his house in Garden City in late August and join the Islanders in their informal skates before rookie camp.

"I said come and stay at my house, you can workout and skate same as you would back home, but at least you're with the team," Boychuk said. "It'll make you feel more comfortable come [rookie] camp and then main camp. It'll just help you overall with everything."
Quenneville, who capped his junior career by leading all WHL defensemen with 80 points, jumped at the opportunity. The 20-year-old stayed in the Boychuks' basement, reminiscent of Mathew Barzal and Dennis Seidenberg's arrangement a year ago - though Boychuk and Quenneville share family ties.

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"It was great. Obviously you guys know Johnny really well and obviously him being family it was a pretty easy transition," Quenneville said. "JB might be a little old for video games, but we hung out, watched some TV. Just the day-to-day stuff, getting more comfortable with him every day is great."
Quenneville was "not a total mess" according to Boychuk, keeping his area of the house clean during his stay. Rent wasn't free though, as Quenneville helped out babysitting Boychuk's twin girls.
"Sheena put me to work, had me babysitting the kids a little bit when they had errands to run," Quenneville said. "Johnny's kids are awesome. Fun little girls and they're always having fun buzzing around the house. It was great to be there for a couple weeks."
The arrangement lasted until rookie camp, when Quenneville moved to a hotel to be with the prospects. Quenneville, who signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the Islanders in April, scored a goal in his preseason debut on Tuesday.
"He's a good player," Boychuk said. "It was just good to have him around and I'm sure he enjoyed it as well."

Being Boychuk's houseguest didn't get Quenneville a pass on the rookie treatment in the locker room. Goalie Robin Lehner mimicked and echoed Quenneville's answers during an interview with NewYorkIslanders.com while Boychuk gave him the gears as well, chirping him about wearing a hat during an on-camera interview with Isles TV.
Boychuk said he had a similar arrangement earlier in his career, as he stayed with the late Marek Svatos back when he was with the Colorado Avalanche and wanted to pay it forward.
"It made you just feel more comfortable in the locker room, around the guys, the coach's," Boychuk said. "There's so many guys that come to camp it's hard to keep names so maybe the coach's might get to know your name, remember it once in a while. It's just one of those things where it happened for me so you just want to do the same thing for people that you care about."