A day after his NHL star sons joined forces in Florida, Keith Tkachuk was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
The Hall of Fame election was the icing on the cake of a “great weekend for the Tkachuks” after Brady was dealt to the Panthers in a deal with the Senators that united him with his older brother Matthew in South Florida on Sunday, and also included a celebration for the duo’s gold medal at the Winter Olympics and a baptism, the Associated Press reported.
Keith waited 45 minutes to clue his family in on his good news after he got the call.
“I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to have a beer together?’” Tkachuk recalled. “And I told them and broke the news to them there.”
Keith played 18 years in the NHL, spending time with the original Winnipeg Jets and making the move with the franchise to Arizona when the club relocated in 1996. He played for the Blues and briefly for the Atlanta Thrashers.
He had 1,121 points in 1,290 games, which includes playoffs, while being part of the victorious 1996 United States team at the World Cup of Hockey and won silver during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
“It’s been a crazy weekend, but this tops it off. … This is the ultimate, for sure,” Keith said.
Keith joins Patrice Bergeron, Carey Price, Pekke Rinne, Cindy Curley and Brian Burke as part of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2026.
The trade of Brady to Florida ended speculation around his stay in Ottawa, which seemed uncertain, and united him with his brother on a team one season removed from winning back-to-back Stanley Cups.
“Brady is a dynamic competitor and one of the most physical and relentless forwards in the league. A proven leader and exactly the type of player we want in our locker room, he strives to make everyone around him better both on and off the ice,” Florida general manager Bill Zito said in a news release. “We’re thrilled to welcome Brady to South Florida to join our group as we continue our pursuit of championship hockey.”
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