Holmes has close ties to the Brown program. His best friend from the Canterbury School, Eric Trach, had an outstanding career that concluded last season. Holmes' linemate at Canterbury, Ryan Mulhern, is a co-captain of the Bears this season. His reunion with Mulhern on Saturday doesn't compare to those when the Holmes clan gets together, though. The eight siblings, who all live in the New York area, always return, though now many bring with them spouses and children of their own.
Mom is there, too.
She gave me a lot of support and enthusiasm. Every hockey game I played in, she was there. When we played pee-wees for the Rye Ranger Selects, we would travel all over Canada. She was always there and always took me. That's a lot of time out of her life that she dedicated to me.