Much has been made of Seth Jones’ background as an American who grew up with a basketball-playing father, but Victoriaville’s Jonathan Diaby may have him beat: his father was a pro soccer player in Africa, making Diaby an NHL prospect whose lineage comes from the Ivory Coast nation.

“I guess I’d be the first one,” said Diaby, who was born in Blainville, Que. “They don’t really know much about hockey there, so it would be fun.”

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