The 17-year-old didn’t have to look far in his family for inspiration. It never hurts having a brother in the NHL, even if he plays a different position. John Gibson of the Anaheim Ducks is considered a premier goaltender in the NHL and backstopped the U.S. to the gold medal at the 2013 world junior championship. He is projected among the three goaltenders for the U.S. team to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, with Connor Hellebuyck and Ben Bishop. Justin Gibson’s pride in his older brother shines through when talking about him. Despite playing in relative obscurity of late, with the Ducks struggling, John Gibson made headlines last week. He painted his goalie mask in Los Angeles Lakers colours with Kobe Bryant’s numbers 8 and 24, as a tribute on the one-year anniversary of the death of the former NBA superstar, and recorded a shutout in that game.