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Brady Tkachuk Just Won the Family Group Chat

Brady Tkachuk Just Won the Family Group Chat

After a scoreless start in Florida, the new Panther scored back-to-back natural hat tricks, a feat only two other players in NHL history have pulled off.

After a scoreless start in Florida, the new Panther scored back-to-back natural hat tricks, a feat only two other players in NHL history have pulled off.

Black hockey pucks scattered across white ice

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Six games into his Florida Panthers career, Brady Tkachuk had zero goals and the internet was being the internet. Two games later, he has six.

Tkachuk scored a natural hat trick (three straight goals, with nobody else scoring in between) Tuesday at Columbus. Then he did it again Thursday against Vancouver, tying the game with 12.8 seconds left and winning it 2:23 into overtime, 3-2. According to ESPN, he's just the third player in NHL history with natural hat tricks in back-to-back games, and the first since 1986.

The family angle is the best part. Dad Keith, a Hall of Famer, topped out at five goals over two games. Brother Matthew, his Panthers teammate, has never had more than four. Brady now has six. Thanksgiving is going to be insufferable.

And the hat tricks kept coming. On Saturday, teammate Carter Verhaeghe scored a natural hat trick of his own (Sam Bennett added a regular one) in an 8-3 rout of Seattle. Per the AP, Florida is the first team in NHL history with natural hat tricks in three straight games. Brady chipped in two assists.

Next up: Wednesday at Ottawa, Brady's old team. No pressure.