Brotherly Love: Senators' captain Brady Tkachuk will cherish chance to play for USA with Matthew
Published Feb 10, 2025 • 4 minute read
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Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Senators (left) and Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers look at the videoboard to see a goal by Matthew assisted by Brady during the NHL all-star game on Feb. 4, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. Photo by Marta Lavandier /The Associated PressMONTREAL — It’s a moment Brady and Matthew Tkachuk have wanted to experience most of their young lives.
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As the United States team took to the ice on Monday afternoon at the CN Sports Complex in Brossard, Que., the Ottawa Senators captain and his brother, an alternate captain with the Florida Panthers, were on the ice together as teammates for the first time.
“This is a dream come true,” Brady told Postmedia.
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Yes, the brothers have suited up in two National Hockey League all-star games together, but here they are at the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off with the opportunity to play for their country in a tournament that will include the best players from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the USA.
Matthew skated with Vegas centre Jack Eichel and Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor on the right side of the first line on Monday. Brady was skating on the third unit with New York Rangers forward J.T. Miller and Matt Boldy of the Minnesota Wild.
They hope their participation in this event will be a precursor to following the footsteps of their father, Keith, who is one of only two men to suit up for the United States at four Winter Olympic Games.
Brady and Matthew are determined to be at the Games when the NHL returns in 2026 in Milan/Cortina, Italy.
“Your first goal when you are a kid, and your first dream, is to win the Stanley Cup,” Brady said. “The second is to win gold representing your country whether it’s at this tournament, or at the Olympics, this is something I’ve dreamed of my whole career.
“It will be even more special to be able to do it with Matthew.”
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Before they got to Montreal on Sunday, Matthew’s Panthers scored a tidy 5-1 victory over the Senators at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla. in the final game before the break. Ottawa is 10-13-1 when the Tkachuk brothers take each other on.
“It’s going to be so amazing and something I’m really looking forward to doing,” Matthew said. “We’ve been talking about this for years and for it to finally happen is really crazy. We felt that we got robbed of playing at the last Olympics together when that got shut down.
“So we’ve been waiting for this. And once this got announced and actually happened, we were so excited. We took care of business and made the team and now we get to share the experience of a lifetime together so we’re really happy.”
Opportunities like this don’t come along often and you have to cherish every moment. That’s why Brady, 25, and Matthew, 27, want to enjoy this event. While the only ice most NHL players will see in the next week will be in their drinks, the Tkachuk brothers couldn’t wait to hit the ice together.
“A lot of the connections come from the U.S. National Team development program,” Brady said. “There are a lot of teammates here who I played with myself and some that Matthew played with at the U.S. program.
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“You just know the guys who played before you on the U.S. team and you also have a special bond with those national development team players. I’m very much looking forward to rekindling those relationships.”
This tournament is being held because the players let NHL commissioner Gary Bettman know in recent collective bargaining agreement negotiations that they wanted best-on-best hockey. The expectation is there will be a World Cup of Hockey in 2028.
Some think because of the format this will be a glorified all-star game, but nobody is expecting that to be the case. There will be good intensity with all four teams competing for their country and before this tourney moves to Boston on Sunday everybody will want their games to be meaningful.
“Personally, I think this will be as high (a level) as I’ve ever experienced,” Brady said. “When you have a best-on-best tournament it’s about a pride level and especially when you’re representing your country. You’re playing for your country and you want to represent your country well.
“All the people that support, and all the people that represent this country so well, you want to do a good job for them. I expect it to be a highly, highly competitive tournament.”
Brady noted it will be special to have his parents in the house, but maybe his mother Chantal will enjoy this the most.
“I think it’s going to help her stress level that we don’t have to play against each other,” Brady said with a chuckle. “She just gets to cheer for one team. It’s just going to be amazing to get to be teammates for a couple of weeks for the first time in a serious competition.
“I’m just excited to learn from (Matthew) and learn from all that experience that he has up close and personal.”
bgarrioch@postmedia.com
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