Boucher hopes to inspire Montreal kids with virtual rags to riches story
TORONTO — There were nights after Chris Boucher had punched out from his job at a Montreal rotisserie restaurant that he would ride an overnight bus to sleep.
Dropping out of high school at the age of 16, Boucher floated from home to home while working as a part-time cook and dishwasher. Sometimes the bus was the best option.
Basketball? It wasn’t even in the picture.
Boucher will be back in Montreal on Wednesday with the Toronto Raptors in a remarkable full-circle moment. The road he’s travelled to get there reads like a Hallmark movie script.