Never seen anything like this before, and it's kinda cracking me up.
Two Elias Petterssons? I had to look it up on the Canucks' website. And it's real.
Two guys, both studs at hockey, both Swedes, and both named Elias Pettersson.
Pettersson passes to Pettersson, dishes it back to Pettersson, shot, rebound Pettersson and he puts it in the back of the net. That'll go down as a goal for Pettersson and an assist for ... Pettersson.
This is purely hypothetical, as Pettersson and Pettersson are currently playing on separate lines, though it is possible during a shaky substitution.
Elias Pettersson the elder (center, #40) is the team's alternate captain, and has been on the team since 2018.
Elias Pettersson the younger (defenseman, #25) made his NHL debut on Saturday night, which paved the way for this historic moment where we saw two Elias Petterssons skate for the same NHL team during the same game. Just the second time in history we've seen this.
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