Tacked onto the living-room wall of the Spokane, Wash., home is a world map. The owners, and some office supplies, have transformed it into a document of their comings and goings – with nary a shortcut in sight.



That’s because Derek Ryan and his wife, Bonnie, have been in it for the long haul.



So says the map.



“Yeah, it has some miles on it, for sure,” says Ryan, chuckling. “There’s gold pins in places that we’ve lived together. And there’s black markers – little dots – of places that we’ve visited together, which is a lot. Just a cool little reminder.”



Along for the ride these days are their young children, Zane and August.



“We talk about this journey that I’ve been on (as a hockey player), but we’ve also been on the journey together as a family and we’ve experienced these awesome things,” says Ryan. “We’ve lived in foreign...