Tkachuk was booed by the crowd — not just once or twice, rather every time that he had the puck on the blade of his stick.
The departed fan favourite was blanked on the scoresheet, too, as the Calgary Flames halted a three-game skid with a 6-2 rout of his Florida Panthers. For the returning star in No. 19, this was anything but a warm welcome.
Much to the delight of Huberdeau and blue-line buddy MacKenzie Weegar, who arrived from Florida in the summer blockbuster that landed Tkachuk by the beach, the Flames completed a sweep of their two-game season series against the Panthers. They notched a shootout win in Sunrise earlier this month.Article content
Huberdeau doubled the lead on the other side of special teams, ricocheting a rebound through a mess of legs on the power-play, and Andersson picked the top shelf to cap a first-period flourish. Huberdeau was denied on a late breakaway but managed to retrieve the puck, eventually dishing to a wide-open Toffoli for a one-timer from the slot.
He didn’t seem surprised by the jeers — “I’ve basically seen them do it to multiple guys that used to play here throughout the league” — but was flattered by the cheers after that tribute video on the jumbotron.
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