Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk doesn't have two full NHL seasons under his belt yet, but he's already built a reputation as a pest and a bit of a troublemaker. If what some members of the Montreal Canadiens are saying about him after Wednesday night's game against the Senators is true, Tkachuk just added to his reputation of being a nuisance to opponents.
The Habs beat the Senators 3-2 in overtime Wednesday night after the Sens battled back from the 2-0 deficit to tie the game in the third. It was young goaltender Cayden Primeau's first NHL win in just his second career game. Any netminder trying to break into the league would want a keepsake of that moment, namely the puck used at the end of the game. As you can see in the video below, once the game had ended, Montreal starter Carey Price comes off the bench to congratulate Primeau and then quickly skates off out of the frame. Check it out:
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Price later told The Athletic that Tkachuk had scooped up the game puck and was attempting to take it back with him to the visitor's dressing room.
“I think so,” Price said. “I was watching to see what happened to the puck and just saw him scoop it up.”
Teammate Brenden Gallagher, who can be a bit of a pest himself when he wants to be, agrees with Price's assessment of the situation.
“Of course he was,” Gallagher said when asked if he thought Tkachuk was try to leave with the puck.
In the end, Primeau would get his game puck, as you can see below. He was also named First Star of the Game after stopping 35 of 37 shots for a .946 save percentage. We're sure this is a moment he'll never forget, despite the attempt to ruin it by an opponent.
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Source: The Athletic










