Sometimes Jiri Fischer, the associate director of player personnel for the Detroit Red Wings, is just a hockey parent to his son Lukas. Then there are the occasions when he puts on his development hat and gives his son a performance scouting report.
“It depends on what I’m doing,” clarified Lukas Fischer. “He has the scout hat on in case I need assistance with something during a terrible game.
“I believe he gets to simply enjoy it as a proud dad, especially if it’s a fantastic game and maybe I score or something.”
In 1998, Detroit selected Jiri Fischer in the first round of the draft. He was a defenseman for the Red Wings for 305 NHL games, winning a Stanley Cup in 2001–02, before a heart disease ended his career early in 2005 at the age of 25.
Put another way, he has a wealth of hockey expertise to impart to his son.
“Even small conversations before and after games, or maybe getting on the ice for skills as I was growing up, it’s a huge help,” Lukas remarked. “He was kind of always helping, there.”
The Red Wings selected Fischer in the NHL Draft.
Lukas Fischer, a 6-foot-3, 170-pound defenceman for the OHL’s Sarnia Sting, was one of the players in the draft pool when the NHL entry draft took place in June. The son of assistant general manager and director of amateur scouting Kris Draper, Kienan Draper, was being selected by the Red Wings not too long ago.
In this case, though, they did not pair father and son. The St. Louis Blues selected Lukas with the 46th overall pick.
