Soldier Surprises His Family During Hockey Puck-Drop Ceremony

Brad Fox | April 13, 2015

Mr. and Mrs. Urman were told they would be taking part in the ceremonial  puck-drop of an Arizona Coyotes NHL hockey game, but soon discovered it got a whole lot better than that.

When the stadium announcer directs the audience's attention toward the bench, their son emerges, U.S. Army Sergeant Dan Urman, who they thought was still overseas.

The father greets his son so joyously that they fall over (it is rather icy, too) and Mrs. Urman then gets her chance to embrace her son.

Mr. Urman still took the time to have a quick word with center Henrik Samuelsson while he had the chance, but probably found it difficult to focus on hockey with his returned son sitting next to him.