Cowan: NHL dream comes true for mother of Canadiens' Xhekaj brothers

It was back to reality Monday for Simona Xhekaj. Reality for the mother of the Canadiens’ Arber and Florian Xhekaj meant waking up at 6 a.m. to go to the gym, followed by a 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. shift changing tires in the garage of a Costco in Hamilton. Simona was promoted to a supervisor post last February, but she helps out in the garage during the busy snow tire season. On Monday, she changed 36 tires. “I promised Jack (her husband) that I’m not going to go back to tires,&rd