What others might view as an enviable background has been a part of Matt McElligott’s life for so long that he knows he can’t take it for granted.

Because his father, Bob McElligott, has been a radio announcer for the Columbus Blue Jackets since the 2009-10 season, the senior goaltender for the Gahanna Lincoln hockey team has gotten to know members of the professional organization such as goaltending coach Manny Legace and Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo.

Matt McElligott, who attends Hartley but plays for the Lions because Hartley doesn’t have a hockey program, was introduced to the sport more than a decade ago, when his father served as the play-by-play voice of the Syracuse Crunch, the Blue Jackets’ AHL affiliate at the time, from 2000-09.

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