Matt Grzelcyk can still remember his favorite gift he unwrapped on Christmas morning.
The Charlestown native has made a career out of shredding through the neutral zone as a fleet-footed puck mover for the Bruins.
But like most kids growing up in the early 2000s, the 29-year-old defenseman couldn’t get enough of the gravity-defying feats of extreme sports.
“I don’t know why because I probably barely used it — but I got a skateboard,” Grzelcyk said Tuesday of his favorite Christmas gift. “And I was in my kitchen trying to do kick-flips. And I think it probably rolled my ankle about seven times on the first day.