With the Calgary Flames playing the Pittsburgh Penguins, Adam Ruzicka was facing his childhood idol, Evgeni Malkin, for the first time.
Flames veteran Mikael Backlund wasn’t able to score a keepsake twig from his idol, either, although he did — via equipment manager Mark DePasquale — put in a request during his rookie campaign.
“He retired the day we were in Denver,” he said. “I walked into the Pepsi Center, that’s what it was called back then, and he announced that he’d retired, just before their morning skate or after their morning skate. I was disappointed. It would have been great to get to play against him. I’m sure he was really hard to play against. It would have been a tough night probably, but it would have been really cool to play against my biggest Swedish hero.
Ruzicka’s career counter is now up to 40 big-league loggings. This latest, his first head-to-head with his idol, is one he won’t soon forget, even if he had to play it cool beforehand.
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