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Tkachuk brothers set for ‘healthy competition’ when Senators host Panthers

Brady of Ottawa, Matthew of Florida to play against one another for 19th time in NHL

The mutual admiration society that is the Tkachuk family will be on display once again Monday.

Matthew Tkachuk and his Florida Panthers visit Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center with each Tkachuk brother and each team hungry for a victory.

The Panthers (12-7-1) have lost two in a row and are six points behind the Boston Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Senators (8-8-0) are eighth in the Atlantic and trying to keep pace in the race for a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

At this point, though, they are used to high stakes when they face each other in the NHL.

“We are each other’s biggest fan,” older brother Matthew said. “When we play against each other now, especially [being] in the same division, we have to beat each other, our teams have to win. It creates that healthy competition. It’s a very good relationship the two of us have.”

Now in their sixth season of going head-to-head in the best hockey league in the world, the brothers have learned to compartmentalize when they play each other.

They go hard against each other on the ice and it often gets heated. It is also mostly even.

They have played against one another 18 times in the NHL and each has won nine games. Each forward has scored six goals, including one on the power play. Brady has 25 penalty minutes, Matthew 23. Brady 62 shots on goal, one more than Matthew. Brady has a decided advantage in hits (64-31), but Matthew has 20 points to Brady’s 11 (statistics provided by NHL Stats).

Yet, it never spills over off the ice. There, they are staunch supporters of one another, displaying a bond that seems to intensify each season.

“I think he is the smartest player in the NHL,” Brady says. “How he sees the game, I don’t think anybody is up there with how he sees it. I think he is one of the best players in the NHL. I think everybody is finally starting to believe what I believed from Day 1, that he has such an impact and is so good at what he does.”

Matthew, 25, is coming off a run to the Stanley Cup Final last season. He was injured in the Final against the Vegas Golden Knights and the Panthers lost in five games, but Matthew was the unquestioned star for his team in the postseason after an MVP-worthy regular season when he had an NHL career-high 109 points (40 goals, 69 assists).

Brady, 24, was around for some of that playoff run. He showed up for the bigger games and even helped his brother get to the rink for Game 4 after Matthew sustained a broken sternum in Game 3. Matthew played in Game 4 but couldn’t go in Game 5.

“Going into [Game 4], I was a little nervous. What he did in that game, trying to work around it, the pain, not many people can do that,” Brady said. “I was super proud of him sacrificing himself to get the job for his team and the city. “Seeing how happy he made my family and how proud everyone was with what he did with that opportunity, I want that for me too. It created such a motivation. It’s an honor for him to be my brother and to learn from him.”

This season, after spending the offseason recovering from injury, Matthew has 17 points (three goals, 14 assists) in 20 games.

Brady has 15 points (10 goals, five assists) in 16 games and is giving his older sibling a run for personal bragging rights.

“On the ice, I’m probably more powerful, little better skater,” Brady says when asked for a comparison between he and his brother. “I don’t know, everything I do, I want to emulate him and emulate his game. I feel I’m starting to get there, but there’s a long way to go. He’s the perfect person to look up to on the ice.”

Matthew says that Brady already has “a way better” shot than him.

Brady is also the more physical player, each agrees.

“I don’t know if I’m much better than him at on-ice stuff anymore,” Matthew says.

They compete off the ice too, but Matthew is ready to abdicate the crown there on almost every front except one.

“He’s probably like an overall genuinely better person than me, I’m more of a [jokester] than he is, more of an instigator,” Matthew says. “He’s probably overall just a genuinely nicer human being. I will work on that.”

Brady, meanwhile, says he can’t hold a candle to his older brother on the golf course.

“I still kick his [butt] every time we play,” Matthew said, laughing.

Says Brady, “I got to figure that out.”

[badhockeymom]

So which is it?

[haytonszn]

How cute are THEY!!!!!!!!!!!😻

[tkachukitup]

okay but seriously, how is he so gorgeous?

[zetterbabe]

panthers empty net goal sequence (11.20.23)

[bigbuxbolds]

oh the wild game already started

[tkachuktkaching]

Matthew Tkachuk joins NHL Now

Florida Panthers Right Winger Matthew Tkachuk joins NHL Now to discuss what he expects in the upcoming season for himself and the team

October 10, 2023

Highlights of What He said :

Physically Feeling 100% he couldn't be happier & he's ready to go, on Thursday for the Panthers first game, he was worried that wouldn't be the case early on this summer.

He glad he's got a brother that doesn't take it easy on him, he passed every test Brady threw at him, he tested that sternum good!

They want a fresh start great memories of the playoffs but didn't end the way they wanted it to they want to rewrite a new story this year, he wants to finish the job.

He learned it doesn't matter how you play it's getting to the playoffs & getting off to great start that counts, you have to play the right way, you also need luck & good health.

He says the injuries to three of the top players gives others the chance to show what they can do.

Mixed emotions good & bad memories of the playoffs.

He loves the mix of players they have at the Panthers this year.

He had a Great Training camp but hardest camp he's been apart of but tough (as it was last year with Paul), He makes the camp tough & miserable not the easiest but they leave smiling happy & enjoying being there all together again.

He loves to watch Hockey even though there's a million things to do in Florida. He doesn't think he'll see the Vegas game (last night's games) but the two games before.

He's not a night owl so goes to bed early but he's got of the guys over tonight for dinner a nice home cooked meal (however not cooked by him!) before the road trip.

He lives quite close to Ekblad & one of the two of them usually host the boys most often.

Highlights of his summer of course Brady's wedding, it gave the excuse to have the whole family together even some that came down from Canada for that one week was the most special for him.

Matthew's a big Halloween guy, not giving away his plans yet still bouncing ideas around & it falls on his sister's birthday so they've made a big deal of it since she was born in his family. Last few years he's had too much make up involved it's tough to get it off the next day!

[yes-perwallstedt]

Why is it that fanatics makes everything so incredibly badly except for their women’s v-neck t-shirts?

They are amazing, literally some of the nicest ones I’ve come across for graphic tees, and with my sensory issues making crew necks basically torture for me I’ve tried a ton of v-neck tees and these ones are long enough in the body without being weirdly tunic-like, the neckline isn’t so low that I have to worry about bending over and showing my bra to the world, and they are neither weirdly shapeless nor super tight.

Where is this commitment to excellence in literally every other facet of your organization????

[thighlerseguin]

Open Ice: What you play for | May 2, 2022

[himbeaux-on-ice]

HELLO??????

[jerrydevine]

nhl dot com you are on my last fucking nerve i trusted you saying the game was at 7:30 and you lied and you ruined my night. how DARE you

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04/01

[pirates-against-heterosexuality]

I know a lot about Hockey, but there is so much shit with media timelines it makes me want to die!