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zepuckinghockey · 6 months ago

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NHL Wedding Season 2024

We're back again for another summer of NHL weddings! If you'd like to see last year's, check out this post.

If you see something wrong or someone missing, let me know! I'll continue to update this list until September when the weddings fizzle out. I appreciate the replies, reblogs, and asks with corrections and additions ❤️

6/7/24: Adam Larsson: (private wedding, no idea)

6/19/24: Jake Evans: Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia

6/22/24: Max Jones: Trevor Zegras, Jacob Bryson

6/26/24: Adam Fox: (looked to be just family)

Josh Anderson: Nick Suzuki, Max Domi, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson, Scott Hartnell

6/29/24: Ryan Pulock: Matt Martin, Noah Dobson, Casey Cizikas, Oliver Wahlstrom, Adam Pelech, JG Pageau, Josh Bailey, Mat Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Cal Clutterbuck, Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall, Mikey Reilly

Jake Oettinger: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston

7/3/24: Mason Marchment: Jake Oettinger, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Brandon Montour, Mike Carcone, Owen Tippett, Sam Reinhart

7/6/24: Nic Hague: Cody Glass, Owen Tippett, Zach Whitecloud, Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Nic Roy

Brendan Gallagher: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Carey Price, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Tanner Pearson, Nate Thompson, Philip Danault, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Sam Montembeault

7/7/24: Adam Fox 2.0: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney, Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow, Alexis Lafreniere, Blake Wheeler, Jimmy Vesey, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Lindgren, Braden Schneider, Sammy Blais, Ryan Donato, John Marino

7/10/24: Elias Lindstrom: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/11/24: Jared McCann: Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Kailer Yamamoto, Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Darnell Nurse, Brandon Tanev

7/13/24: Jack Campbell: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Evander Kane

Alex Carrier: Frederick Gaudreau, Mathieu Joseph, Jimmy Oligny

Pierre Engvall: Simon Holmstrom, Owen Wahlstrom

Andrew Mangiapane: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin, Erik Gudbranson, Mack Weegar, Troy Stecher, Jonathan Huberdeau

Kyle Connor: Zach Werenski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Connor Hellebuyck, Tony Calderone

Eetu Luostarinen: Niko Mikkola, Lundell Anton, Aleksander Barkov

Tyler Madden: Alec Turcotte, Akil Thomas

Zack MacEwen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/18/24: William Carrier: Mathieu Joseph

7/19/24: Kaapo Kahkonen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/20/24: Jamie Benn: Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Jordie Benn, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lundell, Ben Bishop, Luke Glendenning, Ty Dellandrea, John Klingberg

Alex Killorn: Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Zach Bogosian, Anthony Cirelli, Luke Schenn, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Brate, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Thomas Chabot: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Mathieu Joseph

Sebastian Aho: Teuvo Teräväinen, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis, Antti Raanta, Nino Niederreiter, Jesper Fast, Jani Hakanpaa

7/22/24: Michael Bunting: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Jake Muzzin, Morgan Reilly, Fred Anderson, Wayne Simmons, Alex Kerfoot, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford

7/26/24: Jake Lucchini: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/27/24: Connor McDavid: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Vinny Desharnais, Brett KUlak, Connor Brown, Ryan Mcleod, Derek Ryan, Stuart Skinner, Philip Broberg, Warren Foegele, Devin Shore, Kyle Turris, Luke Gazdic, Zack Kassian, Patrick Maroon, Sam Gagner

Carter Verhaeghe: Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues, Stolarz, Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins

8/3/24: Travis Sanheim: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, James Van Riemsdyk

Connor Ingram: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Cody Glass: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

8/4/24: David Pastrnak: Taylor Hall, Tukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara, Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark, Torey Krug, David Krecji

8/9/24: Alex Tuch: Shea Theodore, Zemgus Girgensons, Tage Thompson

8/10/24: Tyler Johnson: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Ryan McDonagh, Alex Killorn, Pat Maroon, Reese Johnson, Adam Gaudette

8/17/24: Cale Makar: Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson, Bo Byram, Darren Helm, Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson, Kurtis Macdermid

Zachary Sanford: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Mike Amadio: Zach Whitecloud, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nic Hague, Nic Roy

Andrew Copp: JT Compher, Tyson Jost

Ryan Johansen: Colton Sissons, Luke Kunin, Roman Josi, Matt Duchene, Dante Fabbro, Cam Atkinson, Ross Colton, Miles Wood

8/23/24:

Roope Hintz: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lundell, Patrik Laine,

#nhl #adam fox #ryan pulock #jack campbell #jared mccann #andrew mangiapane #jake oettinger #wedding #cale makar #connor mcdavid #matthew tkachuk

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love the hockey hearts thing i’m just genuinely curious about it! ’m not sure if you do whl but if you don’t nhl is fine!

My interests are: poetry,photography,napping (if that counts),making playlists, watching formula one, dying my hair when i’m depressed and baking

I’m 5’0 so i’d prefer them to be taller specifically 6’0 and up I like guys with dark hair but blondes also are cute im not picky in that sense but excessive facial hair is usually a no like stubble or a small mustache is fine but neck beards are a no like that one player on the wild middelton I like meaty guys but also the skinny lanky guys are cute too I like tattoos but they aren’t a must because that’s uncommon in hockey guys ( im 19 idk if that information matters)

and for my love language physical touch and words of affirmation are my favorite (:

i hope this is okay 🙏

your match is...

matthew "matty" beniers!

matty 😘 he is so unbelievably sweet and silly. he has a super cute dog and i believe her name is bella 🤔 but anyways matty is so fun and energetic, making your life so happy and exciting! sometimes matty has facial hair but if you prefer him clean shaven, he'll stay that way! either way he's handsome.

matty loves taking pregame naps and once you two got comfortable with each other, he definitely invites you to take his pregame nap with him and you've joined him ever since. he has many hobbies but he enjoys doing anything that includes you, family, or friends! matty also loves music so he'll make playlists with you!

matty takes you to an aquarium for your first date. he thinks it'll be unique and fun to take you somewhere different! he takes his time walking around with you and makes sure that you're having fun and you're not bored. he would hate to take you anywhere that you might not enjoy! he loves getting to know you by asking you questions and he answers your questions as well. he's very thoughtful and offers to buy you some souvenirs from the gift shop! after the date and when he's taking you to the car, he'll tell you that he's had a wonderful time and that he'd love to see you again! do you accept?

#nhl #hockey #paladin's fics!#creds: paladin #hockey hearts dating service!#paladin answers!!#hockey hearts #hockey x reader #national hockey league #seattle kraken #kraken lb #kraken #seattle #matty beniers #matthew beniers #matty beniers x reader #matthew beniers x reader

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mattybraps10 · 1 year ago

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I Can See You | Brendan Brisson x Hughes!OC

Summary: Matty and Phoebe bond and the boys take on an intense game of beer pong.

Word Count: 998

By: M

Parts: part one | part two | part three | part four | part six

PART FIVE:

Phoebe leaned into the boy next to her as she finally began the long process of coming to terms with unsaid emotions. Every missed call and tear spilt filled her mind and she began to cry again. Matty had shown her more kindness than Brendan ever had. In that moment she realized something that even yesterday she’d have been surprised about. She didn’t need Brendan to live. Yeah, she missed him sometimes, but she’d made something of herself. She’d made friends, long-lasting connections she never would’ve dreamed of in high school.

Everything Brendan had done to her had led her to this point,

a 19 year old proud of who she was becoming.

After a few minutes, Phoebe pulled herself back together, Matty having sat with his hands on hers the entire time. He had sat and listened to her half-hearted tears, his heart breaking with each earth-shattering sob. Although they had only just met, there was something magnetizing about their connection. A jolt of something connecting them as Matty held her close.

“Mats.” She said, turning to look into his brown eyes.

“Phoebe?” His intense gaze filled with desire.

Phoebe’s gaze flicked to the boy’s lips and darted back up quickly, a sultry action with almost certain consequences.

Matty’s gaze darkened as he tracked the girl in front of him, a smirk forming on his lips. He found his mind wandering as he moved his hand to hold her cheek, angling her face to reflect his. Her eyes found his as he began to lean forward, an electric current pulling them towards each other. Matty felt his eyes fluttering closed.

“Matthew Inrid Beniers, get your ass out here for beer pong we need a fourth!” Luke called from the deck, easing the tension and ruining the moment.

“Ingrid?” Phoebe asked, leaning back laughing.

“That’s not even my middle name, I don’t-” He started, opening his eyes.

“Sure…” She said, standing up and opening the door.

“Hey, I mean if you wanna stay here tonight you can, I know it’s hard with Brendan right now.” He said, looking up at her with a sweet smile.

“I might just take you up on that Beniers.” She said, heading out the door.

Matty found himself hoping that she’d accept his offer. He wandered toward the deck, leaning against the doorframe as he took in the screen unfolding in front of him. Luke and Jack were filling up cups, and Quinn was laughing from behind them as it was clear they were struggling.

“Dude, I think the beer’s supposed to go IN the cup.” Quinn said, doubling over in laughter.

“Thanks for the help Quintin.” Jack snarked, wiping his beer covered hands on his shirt.

“Yeah it’s not our fault someone shook the cans.” Luke added, shaking his head as he grabbed another can.

“Need help?” Matty asked, walking over to them.

“Yeah, thanks Matty.” Jack said, handing him a beer.

The three of them struggled to keep the beers from exploding as they tried to pour them into cups.

“Seriously, how many of you does it take to pour a couple beers?” Phoebe asked, wandering onto the deck in a small black bikini.

“Woah.” Matty said, not hiding the fact that he was checking her out.

“Woah now loverboy that’s our sister.” Luke said, crossing his arms.

“Relax Luke, I know I look good.” Phoebe smirked, wandering over and grabbing a can.

Of course the can she grabbed didn’t explode as she easily poured it into two cups. She grabbed another, gently opening it and pouring it into several more cups. It took her a total of three minutes to fill the remaining six cups.

“That wasn’t so hard now was it?” She said, standing back and allowing the boys to set up the table.

“Witch!” Jack yelled, pointing to her and laughing.

Phoebe laughed, her face brightening for the first time since Brendan’s temper tantrum. Matty found himself grateful that Luke had invited him, instead of letting him wallow at home alone. His family had opted to do a big vacation across Europe but Matty was tired of constant traveling and wanted nothing more than to stay in one place for a few months. When he’d told Luke about his depressing summer plans, he had immediately suggested that Matty come stay with them for a little bit, hoping to add a little fun into his summer. What Luke had forgotten to mention, however, was that his beautiful younger sister was staying at the house as well. Matty had known that the Hughes brothers had a sister, but the way they spoke about her made him think she was a lot younger than Luke, not just a year behind in school.

“Okay let’s do this!” Luke called, pulling Matty from his thoughts as he finished placing the cups on the table.

“Hell yeah!” Jack said, taking his place next to his younger brother.

“Okay second team, Pheebs you in?” Quinn asked, laughing at his sister’s reluctance.

“Nah you guys play, I’ll watch.” She said, stepping back.

“Oh no way Hughes, you’re on my team.” Matty called, grabbing her arm to bring her closer to the table.

“Fine… But what about Quinn?” Phoebe said, gesturing to her oldest brother.

“I think I’m gonna check on Briss, I haven’t ever seen him like this.” Quinn said, stepping back into the house.

Quinn had always been in tune with emotions, and after growing up with Brendan, he knew when something was really wrong.

Cheers filled Brendan’s ears as he wallowed in Phoebe’s room. The decorated room doing nothing to help his emotions, her evident personality suffocating him. His eyes wandered back to the sunflower, a poetic reminder of his mistakes. He was dumb and 18 and he thought he would rule the world… Little did he know at the time that Phoebe was his world.

“Briss. Hey buddy…” Quinn said, stepping into the room and gently making his way over to his friend.

#hockey fanfiction #jack hughes #brendan brisson #brendan brisson x oc #luke hughes #quinn hughes #umich hockey #matty beniers

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those-who-stay · 3 months ago

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For Mackie Samoskevich, playing hockey was not so much a choice as a birthright. The Sandy Hook, Connecticut native doesn’t remember exactly when his parents set into motion the family’s backyard rink, but he suspects it predates him.

“I don’t think I was born yet. They put down pavement; it was a whole job. I remember seeing a picture of all the machines out in the backyard,” Samoskevich says with a smile.

The backyard setup precluded the Samoskevichs from installing the pool they’d also fancied, but it invited a childhood with sticks and pucks ready to hand at all times for their three children. “[My parents, Fred and Patty] definitely wanted the pool for sure, but I think [the rink] helped us out in the long run,” assesses the sophomore with his customary self-effacement.

Mackie, his elder sister Melissa, and twin sister Maddy (whose attempts at pronouncing her brother’s given name Matthew led to the nickname Mackie taking hold) laid the groundwork for their hockey careers on that backyard rink, whether on its wintertime ice or in its alternate summer concrete incarnation.

As Samoskevich explains it, “My dad hadn’t played to a high level, but he grew up loving the game. I think his dad had gotten him into it at a pretty young age, so he was always a fan of hockey and always wanted his kids to play hockey. It definitely worked out.”

In keeping with his soft-spoken disposition, the winger again undersold his siblings’ and his success. Melissa now works as the director of player development and operations at her alma mater Quinnipiac, while also continuing her playing career in her third season for the Premier Hockey Federation’s Connecticut Whale. Maddy, the lone blue liner amongst the three siblings, is a junior for the Bobcats with six assists already in just eleven games. With a 10-1 record, Quinnipiac sits at fifth in the latest USCHO poll.

For the siblings, a shared bond of playing hockey helped brighten the day-to-day grind of sharpening their skills. “We’d always be in the backyard, shooting together and playing games,” Mackie says. “Just having that was super special. It’s really nice to have days where I’m feeling tired and they get me out of the house [to play together] or vice versa.”

Ten games into his sophomore season at Michigan, Mackie has stepped outside of the shadow of last year’s Olympian teammates like Brendan Brisson, Kent Johnson, or Matty Beniers and into the running for the Hobey Baker. He has eight goals and seven assists for a neat point-and-a-half per game.

A year ago, Samoskevich was no afterthought for the Wolverines, even as a freshman on one of the most talented rosters in the history of NCAA hockey. He scored twenty-nine points in forty games and received the Big Ten’s All-Freshman honors. Still, he did so without the burden or opportunity, depending on one’s perspective, of putting in the longest shift in the team’s offensive engine room. Despite his impressive point total, Samoskevich played only third-line minutes with some power play time mixed in as a freshman, before flourishing with a greater role as a sophomore.

According to his head coach Brandon Naurato (an assistant a year ago for his first season in Ann Arbor), it makes more sense to frame Samoskevich’s sophomore ascendance as the byproduct of his limited freshman role rather than a natural development once roster turnover made more room for him.

“He wasn’t great right away,” Naurato says. “Did he deserve more time? Sure, he deserved more time, but [playing on the third line] might have been the best thing for him because he’s like ‘I don’t like playing twelve minutes, I think I should be playing seventeen, I’m going to do something.’ He’s always been an elite player, and he’s taken another step. He went through some pain that made him stronger. Not even pain, but he wanted more out of himself, and he’s looking in the mirror, and he just took steps.”

One of Samoskevich’s new responsibilities is taking shifts on the penalty kill, a decision Naurato explains was at its most basic an effort to “take care of the boys.” He added “your best players should play in all situations. It’s better development for him long term. He may not start in the NHL and play in the same spot [on the flank] that he can on the power play, but what if he can come in and he can kill? What if he learns how to check?”

Naurato points to former Wolverine Carl Hagelin as an example of an offensive star in college who ended up with two Stanley Cups and $30 million in the bank by becoming one of the NHL’s top penalty killers and checkers.

Samoskevich adds that earning minutes on the PK has been a tool to stay engaged in any game state: “It definitely helps because when you’re not killing, you’re sitting on the bench for two minutes, three minutes, and maybe extends a little bit more. It’s nice to just get out there.”

For Samoskevich, that the beginning of his freshman season provided a challenge came as no surprise: “I think that your first year anywhere when you go up a level, it’s gonna be harder, and it’s gonna be an adjustment period.”

From his head coach’s point of view, Samoskevich’s progress is well deserved: “He’s a really hard worker and a very cerebral player, and I’m happy for him. He’s way harder, way harder. [In the early going of his freshman season] it was all skill. When he first came here he wasn’t soft. He just didn’t know how hard it is to have success.”

Both coach and player also point out the importance of observing the habits of future NHLers in the form of then-sophomores Owen Power, Johnson, and Beniers. Naurato points out that it was impossible to ignore the work that trio put in as sophomores despite their shared status as top-five NHL picks.

“I’m not saying I [knew how hard it was to become a pro] at that age,” Naurato says. “And I wasn’t even as close to as good as [my players today], but just being around those guys all the time you see that any successful person in life—they’re not successful because of their job title. They’re successful because of the path and failure.”

Meanwhile, Samoskevich admired the way the teammates one year his elder embraced leadership, even though it was only their second year on campus: “It was nice to have the guys in the sophomore class that we had and just see how they handled that role. Just how they [went] around their everyday, their little habits. Owen was such a creature of the small little things that build up everyday.”

Adjusting to new environments is nothing new for Samoskevich. Though Connecticutian by birth, Michigan’s burgeoning star forward has been on a roundabout tour of the Midwest pursuing his hockey career since his early teens. First, it was Shattuck-St. Mary’s, the famed Minnesota prep school whose alums include Nathan MacKinnon, Jocelyn and Monique Lamoureux, and Brisson. Then it was Chicago and the USHL, where Samoskevich won a Clark Cup for the Steel, before moving on to Ann Arbor.

When asked about his travels through a region that is not his home, Samoskevich smiles. “I’ve loved it. Minnesota was definitely different. Definitely colder. I wasn’t used to that when I was fourteen, but I think it was a good thing to get out at a young age, just learn how to take care of myself away from my parents.”

Though the move to Shattuck carried with it a step toward independence, it did not take him beyond family bonds. “The reason why I went out there is because my sister [Melissa] went out there. It was a good program, and she loved all four years, so I thought I’d go out there with my sister [Maddy].”

Six years after leaving Fairfield County for Faribault, Minnesota, Mackie Samoskevich is a vital cog in college hockey’s most formidable line. Alongside Adam Fantilli and Dylan Duke, the quiet confidence with which Samoskevich carries himself off the ice manifests as a creative flair.

When you watch Samoskevich play (regardless of teammates), you first notice his release and his skating. If the puck is on his tape with an unfettered look at the net, there’s a good chance you won’t see it again until the goaltender is fishing it out from behind him.

If has open ice to skate into, you aren’t catching him.

Yet even as his shot and top speed command attention, there is something more mesmeric about the way he can jaunt through the neutral zone without having to slam the accelerator to the floorboards.

There is almost a playful quality to the way he sidles past one defender and traipses around another, before laying the puck on for his teammates.

There was something defiant in the backhand he roofed in an October home victory over Western Michigan. Having received an expert keep-in from Luke Hughes, Samoskevich—using nothing more than his patience—reduced Bronco defenseman Jacob Bauer to sprawling across the ice in desperation. From there, Samoskevich had no real options other than a backhand but still seemed to deceive WMU goaltender Cameron Rowe by preceding his instantaneous release with still more patience.

During a period of the season in which Naurato has made experimenting with line combinations an expressed focus, Michigan’s top line of Fantilli between Samoskevich and Duke remains untouched. It is not hard to understand why. Through ten games, the trio accounts for twenty-one of the Wolverines’ forty-six goals (45.6%).

Though they had never operated as a triumvirate before, neither Duke nor Fantilli was a new linemate for Samoskevich.

As freshmen, he and Duke settled into a role abreast of Johnny Beecher on the Wolverines’ third line. Duke’s ruggedness along the boards, along with his craftiness at the netfront, paired neatly with Samoskevich’s speed and skill.

“There’s definitely a lot of chemistry that we carried over from last year,” Duke explains. “We had a really good understanding of how we play and how our different skill sets can work together and create a lot of sustained o-zone time, and you know, score a lot of goals.”

Meanwhile, Fantilli and Samoskevich played alongside one another with the Chicago Steel. As Duke said of him, Samoskevich emphasizes a shared understanding of approach as central to the strong chemistry he’s demonstrated with Fantilli. “We got coached together [in Chicago], so we think the game alike.” Ever one to downplay his own success, he adds “I think it’s coming along, and I think it’s just gonna keep getting better and better.” 2.1 goals per game between them, and Samoskevich believes the line remains a work in progress.

That Samoskevich has a near perfect split of his fifteen points (eight goals, seven assists) bespeaks an intentional commitment to being a dual threat player. Though he grew up a Ranger fan, Samoskevich’s favorite NHLer is the Islanders Mathew Barzal. The young winger attributes some of his knack for graceful rushes up the ice to studying Barzal’s game.

Samoskevich says that he loved Barzal’s playmaking, “how he creates space for his teammates. I think that was the biggest thing that made me fall in love with him, and there’s so many videos of him just skating around the zone and then all of a sudden the play just appears from him.”

While the forward his teammates affectionately refer to as “Samo” sharpened his playmaking craft by studying the Islanders star, he credits his fearsome shot to the hours logged out on the backyard rink. “I think I developed [my shot] by myself. Like I said, in the backyard, it was something I did day in and day out. It’s better to be more a passer AND a shooter, dual threat. It’s harder to defend and makes me more dangerous as a player.” It is the closest Samoskevich ever comes to boastfulness, and, given his production, it is more than deserved.

When he’s not on the ice, Samoskevich garners attention from his teammates for his commitment to a housebound lifestyle. In a mid-October edition of @umichhockey’s weekly Monday Question, several teammates expressed that they would love to experience the winger’s “insane routine” featuring naps, movies, and DoorDash.

Duke, who lives with Samoskevich in addition to sharing top-line duties with him, pauses when asked for something he’s learned about his fellow sophomore. The Ohioan winger jokes that he doesn’t want to “throw [Mackie] under the bus” before revealing that his room- and line-mate is an expert at making egg sandwiches. According to Duke, Samoskevich will use whatever bread is on hand at their house, “but he loves his ketchup with his eggs.”

When the pair aren’t enjoying Samoskevich-prepared egg sandwiches, they are liable to be found on the virtual battlefields of Fortnite. As Duke tells it, the duo, along with Luke Hughes and Ethan Edwards, have “a little squad going.”

Based on Duke’s scouting report, “Edwards is definitely the best. Mackie is mediocre, in the middle. Luke’s just under Mackie, and then I’m the worst by far.” Evidently, Duke’s workmanlike streak on the ice extends to video games—“I’m more there just to carry shields.”

As Sara Civian’s semiweekly style rankings for Bleacher Report attest, interest in pregame fashion has—like an attacking penalty kill or the fluid interchange of a center and his wingers—come into vogue in NHL circles in recent years. Perhaps this image from prior to his team’s October 16th contest with BU is the best distillation of Samoskevich.

The photo depicts the forward walking into Yost: a Michigan toque perched atop his head with a crisp blue-checked suit paired with Adidas slides. The hint of a bandage peeking out from beneath the strap of his right sandal suggests that the footwear may be the byproduct of injury.

Even if that were the case, it’s hard not to read more into his pregame stylings. The sharp tailoring of his suit suggests focus, self-seriousness, and performance, yet the sandals show that even at his imperious best, Samoskevich projects a certain ease. If nothing else, the pregame flip-flops appear appropriate for a player selected in the first round of the 2021 NHL Draft by the Panthers and thus for whom a professional future in South Florida awaits.

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iceflwers · 22 days ago

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𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓽 “𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓻𝓲” 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓱𝓪 !

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ THE BASICS !

— ❥ FULL NAME: Harriet Chadha.

— ❥ NICKNAMES: Harri (most commonly used), Princess, Elle Woods, Molly Ringwald (by close friends only), beta, priy, ulloo (by family only), Sissy (by Luke only), babe, baby (by Jack only), pretty girl (by Jack only).

— ❥ DATE OF BIRTH: February 9th, 2003 (Aquarius).

— ❥ BIRTHPLACE: Dearborn, Michigan, United States.

— ❥ CURRENT RESIDENCE: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

— ❥ SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, Hindi (not fluently), Spanish (not fluently), French (not fluently).

— ❥ ORIENTATION: Panromantic, pansexual.

— ❥ GENDER IDENTITY: Cisgender female (she/her pronouns).

— ❥ OCCUPATION: University history student.

— ❥ FACECLAIM: Avantika Vandanapu.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ PERSONALITY !

— ❥ HOGWARTS HOUSE: Ravenclaw (intelligent, creative, wise).

— ❥ MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE: ISFJ - The Defender (observant, reliable, humble).

— ❥ ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Type Three - The Achiever (charming, self-assured, authentic).

— ❥ MORAL ALIGNMENT: Lawful Good.

— ❥ LOVE LANGUAGES: Physical touch for giving and receiving.

— ❥ SKILLS: Photographic memory, speed reading, calligraphy, skilled at studying, people skills, makeup, hair styling, switching quickly between languages, outfit coordination, cooking.

— ❥ LIKES: Getting good grades, looking good, surprising people with her intellect, dancing around her dorm room, going to parties with her friends, finishing an assignment knowing that she did her best on it, getting her eyeliner exactly right on the first try, well-made chai, spending quality time with her loved ones.

— ❥ DISLIKES: Boring people, people assuming she’s stupid just because she’s pretty and enjoys looking cute, black coffee, getting a lower grade than she feels she deserves, sour candy, fake people.

— ❥ FEARS/PHOBIAS: Failure, disappointing the people she loves, blood, great heights, falling down a flight of stairs.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ RELATIONSHIPS !

— ❥ FAMILY: Chandrika Chadha (mother), Kamal Chadha (father), Ashish Chadha (older brother), Kapil Chadha (older brother), Pavarti Chadha (older sister).

— ❥ FRIENDS: Luke Hughes, Daisy Ahn, Matty Beniers, Dawson Mercer, Luca Fantilli, Timo Meier, Matthew Knies, Ethan Edwards.

— ❥ ACQUAINTANCES: Rutger McGoarty, remainder of the UMich hockey roster, remainder of the New Jersey Devils roster, Quinn Hughes, Trevor Zegras, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Artūrs Šilovs.

— ❥ ROMANTIC INTERESTS: Ravi Kaur (first crush), Henry Butler (first boyfriend), Carla Ragetti (summer fling), Vaughn Harlowe (ex-boyfriend), Peter Mount (brief fling), Alex Jacobsen (ex-partner), Matthew Knies (brief crush), Ethan Edwards (brief fling), Jack Hughes (current romantic interest).

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ FUN FACTS !

— ❥ Although Harri despises being her nickname after Elle Woods and the comparisons always being drawn between her and the character, she does actually love the character herself, as well as the Legally Blonde movie and musical both. She can often be heard humming the song “Chip on Your Shoulder” while studying, and about half the musical soundtrack is in her Liked Songs on Spotify.

— ❥ As much as she really does love her family and siblings, Luke is, at the end of the day, her favourite person in the world. They just understand each other on a level no one else understands either of them, and they have an amazing bond.

— ❥ Harri has a fear of drowning, and it can even sometimes prevent her from going swimming at all, though not always. Nobody in her family is quite sure where the fear comes from, because she’s never actually had any bad experiences with water, but it’s there nonetheless.

— ❥ She’s slept with Ethan Edwards a few times on and off, but they only do it once more after Harri meets Jack; she’d known, even then, that she wasn’t going to want anybody else after this.

— ❥ She has a tendency to fuss over any of the boys when they get even slightly hurt playing hockey, and this definitely extends to Jack once they start dating, and any of Luke’s friends on the Devils once he gets drafted; she’s not generally any kind of a mother hen, but it’s different for her boys.

tagging @lovings4turn, @hiya-itsamber, @theopenlocker, & @yoontwin ! ( also tentatively tagging @wintfleur )

#౨ৎ ─┈ oc profiles !#‧₊˚✩ ─┈ harri !#harriet chadha #oc profile #rpf oc #nhl oc #nhl x oc #jack hughes x oc

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for the never have i ever meme: slow burn!!

god a real true slow burn is my white whale, concept wise; i want to write one SO BAD. obvi there are some pairings where that is easier than others (brady/anyone, ducklings could also make a great slow burn but probably more stupid than swooningly romantic lol) but i keep thinking about matthew/leon as like, a personal challenge. like, ofc i have written them fucking and falling in love [redacted] times but a version of them where they don't fuck and still fall in love??? now that's a CHALLENGE challenge

for more realism points, you could have some future fic wacky trade shenanigans, and perhaps someday i will write somethign with those so i will selfishly keep them to myself until i know more. but a thing that i am not going to write (but think about often) is my version of "both of them get drafted by the kraken in the expansion draft (and no one knows how edmonton or calgary could've let that happen)"

because the thing is, the kraken are gonna be shit. everyone knows this. seattle isn't vegas, they're not going to be going to the cup finals their first year out the gate. ron francis has time to build up the franchise. they won't be good. and that eats at leon, because like, when in his life has he ever been satisfied with not being good? never. and now he's stuck on this shitty team just starting out and got abandoned by his franchise and what the fuck is he supposed to do now.

and the other thing is, 2020 was not all that long ago. and yeah, leon never actually hated matthew tkachuk, not in the way it got spun up, but that doesn't mean they're best friends. not even buddies. they are teammates, and they have a job to do, and leon doesn't need to get along with the guy except on the ice.

except a week into the preseason, he and matthew go for some pr thing to a local brewery, and in between tasting beers that are disgustingly hoppy and eating too many pretzels, matthew hisses across the table that look, he knows leon doesn't like him, that leon isn't his biggest fan, but doesn't he want to work together? doesn't he want this to work out? and when leon glares back, matthew adds that he at least wants to prove his old team wrong.

well. leon can't argue with that.

first season is shit. the way everyone knew it would be. but it's not - absolute shit. they get a lot closer to the playoffs than they have any right to. leon and matthew and mccann are producing. and - turns out matthew isn't so awful, once he's out of calgary. turns out he's down to do whatever - team bonding experiences, checking out new restaurants. and half the time, leon gets roped along. he stops protesting after a while.

second season, though -

they're better. they're a lot better. francis made some solid moves; they managed to snatch up a first overall pick at fourth. matty beniers is here from ann arbor, and yeah he looks at matthew a little like matthew hung the moon, but that's mostly funny instead of annoying. the ntdp really is a cult. matthew and leon aren't always on a line, but when they are, they click.

and matthew hasn't stopped being down to do whatever. has continued, in fact, to insist on doing things. exploring the city. becoming regulars. they'll get lunch after practice. drinks after games. on the road, more often than not, when leon's making plans, he's making them with matthew.

halfway through the season, they're on track to at least get a wild card spot. maybe better. during their bye week, they join a group of guys going to cabo. at the bar, matthew orders them both drinks in flat midwestern-accented spanish, clinks his shot glass against leon's. leon spends half a second staring at matthew's hand around the tiny glass, then his mouth, wet and red, before he remembers to take the shot.

when leon takes his shot, he opens his eyes to find matthew looking back at him, eyes dark and heated and unmistakable, and oh, this is not something leon wanted to know that he wanted. not now, when they still have so much to prove.

#ask meme #something something they make the playoffs and THEN fuck

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