Flames try to steal game puck from Goalie after his first win, a breakdown
What Happened
Philip Gustafson, a 22-year-old goaltender for the Ottawa Senators, is making his first-ever NHL start. The young netminder is putting on an impressive performance, stopping 35 of 36 shots for a 0.972 save percentage and securing his first career victory. Gustafson's teammates are thrilled for him, celebrating the milestone moment as the final seconds tick away. However, the opposing Calgary Flames players have a different reaction. As Gustafson skates to center ice to potentially receive the game puck, Flames forward "Chuck" (likely Matthew Tkachuk) skates over and snatches the puck from Gustafson's grasp. Tkachuk then begins to skate away with the puck, much to the dismay of the Ottawa bench. Sensing the pettiness of the situation, Tkachuk's teammate (likely his brother, Senators forward Brady Tkachuk) gestures for him to return the puck. Tkachuk then flicks the puck in the general direction of the Ottawa players, an unusually considerate action for the agitating forward. In the post-game interview, Tkachuk explains his thought process, saying, "I picked the puck up and as soon as I realized it was his first NHL win and everyone was kind of yelling towards me, I just chucked the puck back. It was nothing intentional or anything like that. I just, in the heat of the moment, I picked it up and I wasn't really thinking honestly. And then I heard everyone yelling that it was his first NHL win and stuff, so I just threw the puck back on the ice." While Tkachuk's actions may have been seen as petty by some, the young Flames forward claims it was not his intention to deny Gustafson the game puck, instead acting on impulse in the heat of the moment. The emotional and sometimes contentious rivalry between the Senators and Flames adds an extra layer of drama to this incident, with the Tkachuk brothers on opposite sides of the exchange. Ultimately, this small moment of postgame puck-snatching becomes a microcosm of the intense competition and rivalries that exist within the NHL, where even a young goaltender's milestone can become the subject of some good-natured (or not-so-good-natured) gamesmanship between opposing players.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis goalie's name is philip gustafson
gus for short he's 22 years old and he
got his first ever start
in this game he's about to get his first
ever win because he made 35 saves
had a 972 save percentage and he was the
third string
ottawa just has goalies make their debut
and then get their first win every week
joey dackard i think his name is did it
last week so this dude's like
third in line but here he is getting the
win celebrating with his teams having a
grand old time wondering who
he's going to give the game puck to his
mom his dad
his wife his grandma meanwhile
the guys on calgary are stealing the
game puck
saying we're not going to let him have
it look at this picks it up
keeps it in his glove he's gonna start
skating to the bench i think that's
chuck on the other team like hey hey
give it back and anderson's like you
want it
take it throws it into the corner and
then
other chuck that's actually you know i
don't know much about them all i know
about the chuck brothers is from these
breakdowns i make
and the dude on the flames is always a
pest and annoying people
so i actually think that him flicking
the puck in the general direction of the
other team is nice
and that's his brother over there i
think so
i think that was actually the nicest
thing he's done in a while but yeah kind
of petty kind of dumb kind of annoying
here's what he said after the game
i picked the puck up and as soon as i as
soon as i realized it was his first nhl
win and everyone was kind of
their whole team was kind of yelling
towards me i just i chucked the puck
back
and you know it was nothing intentional
or anything like that i just
in the heat of the moment i picked it up
and i was just i wasn't really thinking
honestly and then i heard everyone
yelling that it was
his first nhl win and stuff so i just
threw the pac
puck back on the ice and as i said it
was nothing intentional or anything like
that
yeah so some people might believe that
i'm not one of those people
just own up to it man you just kind of
being petty and annoying
i got the puck anyway it's not that big
of a deal who cares anyway if you like
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