Brayden McNabb stunned the T-Mobile Arena crowd with a single move Sunday.
The Golden Knights defenseman received a backhand pass from center Paul Stastny and executed a perfect toe drag to maneuver the puck around Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher and create a shot on goal.
McNabb rarely displays that kind of flair. His game instead reflects his blue-collar upbringing on a 7,000-acre grain farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Steady. Understated.
“It’s just good character building,” McNabb said. “You grow up learning the right way to work.”
McNabb grew up driving grain carts and combines around his family’s land.