MONTREAL -- Keith Tkachuk would never play favorites with his kids, or the NHL teams for which they now play.
But thanks to the 4 Nations Face-Off -- where his sons Matthew and Brady are united for the first time on Team USA instead of adversaries for the Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators, respectively -- the Tkachuk patriarch simply gets to be a fan. Of country, yes, but mostly of family.
"They're two years apart, so they've never really played before together, and when we heard this [tournament was happening], we were so pumped up," the elder Tkachuk told ESPN.