BOSTON -- In just a few weeks, former Boston Bruins great Cam Neely will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. But health, not hockey was on his mind Tuesday as Neely broke ground on a new pediatric cancer unit at the Floating Hospital for Children.

NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported that it was made possible by his Neely Cancer Fund.

"We found a hospital that feels very similar with the way we feel about not just the cancer patient, but the family of the cancer patient," Neely said.

Family will be the focus of the Neely Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Floating Hospital for Children.

"The whole design of the unit is designed to have the child feel as normal as possible throughout the entire experience. It's going to be as if you're in your own bedroom at home sick, where your parents are just one room away," Floating Hospital for Children's Dr. Lawrence Wolfe said.

Eight years ago, the Neely House opened its doors just down the street from the Floating Hospital -- giving cancer patients and their families a home away from home during treatment. But for parents with young children undergoing difficult cancer treatments, a few blocks was still too far. The new cancer unit will help keep the family unit together.

"It's a bigger space for family members to be more comfortable. They're not going to hopefully sleep on a chair beside the child's bed," Neely said.

That is where Amy and Dave Sawyer have spent many nights. Their 6-year-old son, Grifyn, just completed four years of treatment for bone marrow cancer.

"You can't just leave your kid in the room, even if it is just a couple blocks, so this is going to be so good for all the other kids that have to go through this," Amy Sawyer said.

Grifyn's parting gift was a Bruins jersey -- oversized, but autographed by Neely. He has the distinction of being the first patient to walk through the unit's special Goal Doorway, where each transplant graduate gets to leave the hospital a winner.

"With everybody here at the clinic at the New England Medical Center, he will grow into that shirt. We're very confident of that now," Dave Sawyer said.

Each of the rooms in the new unit will have a local sports theme. The Bruins have already stepped up, now Neely is hoping the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots will donate some of their team memorabilia to help decorate.

Hospital officials expect the Neely Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit to be completed by next spring.