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Beau Starrett’s dad paves roads for a living so the recently-signed Bakersfield Condors centre jokingly says their home driveway back in Bellingham, outside of Boston, was their concrete field of dreams for two-on-two street hockey with his three other brothers, including Oiler farmhand goalie starter Shane Starrett.

As the former Cornell U forward, who was Chicago Blackhawks third-round pick in 2014, said a few years ago “we almost had a starting lineup, a goalie, a defenceman and two forwards.”

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His older brothers Pete (Harvard D-man) and Troy (Div. 3 Babson College F) have moved on from hockey into the business world — financial advising, wealth management — while Shane and Beau, both tall, lean machines, will be teammates for the first time as pros, in the AHL.

“We’re all trees (boys) … my dad’s like six-foot-three, so it’s like a factory,” said Beau.

That must have made for fights for seconds of roast beef and mashed potatoes.