{"id":941985,"date":"2026-10-22T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/941985\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:10:11","slug":"boos-heckling-greet-brady-tkachuk-at-1st-game-back-on-sens-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/941985\/","title":{"rendered":"Boos, heckling greet Brady Tkachuk at 1st game back on Sens ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A chorus of boos awaited former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk as he made his return to the ice at Canadian Tire Centre Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

It was a packed stadium of vocal Sens fans who did not hold back in letting Tkachuk know how they feel about him. <\/p>\n

“He’s a traitor, there’s not much else to say,” said fan Jack Kelso. <\/p>\n

“He promised he’d give us the [Stanley Cup], but he left.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the 27-year-old requested a trade to join the Florida Panthers alongside his older brother and podcast co-host, a move that was unpopular with many fans. <\/p>\n

Nearly every time Tkachuk took the ice, or touched the puck, chants, often profane in nature, erupted through the stadium.<\/p>\n

“I was expecting it, I just didn’t think it would be this much,” said fan Lesley Miller. <\/p>\n

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Harsh homecoming for Brady Tkachuk from Ottawa Senators fans<\/p>\n

Former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk faced off against his former teammates for the first time Wednesday night since requesting a trade to the Florida Panthers in the spring. Fans at the sold-out Canadian Tire Centre booed him throughout the entire game. The CBC’s Emma Weller was there.<\/p>\n

A number of attendees also altered their Tkachuk jerseys to showcase their new upset with the player, with some replacing his name with that of the team’s new captain Thomas Chabot. <\/p>\n

Others chose to throw their jerseys onto the ice. <\/p>\n

On an episode of his Wingmen podcast, Tkachuk committed to donating any Sens jerseys tossed on the ice by upset fans to the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. <\/p>\n

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Ottawa Senators fans wore altered jerseys of former Senators player Brady Tkachuk at the game between the Senators and the Florida Panthers in Ottawa. (The Canadian Press\/Lisa Wallace)<\/p>\n

During the game, a video tribute was made to Tkachuk, who waved to the crowd amid the chants. <\/p>\n

Shortly after, he scored the first goal of the night in a power-play goal midway through the first period. <\/p>\n

The Sens bounced back, winning the game 5-1. <\/p>\n

Tkachuk focuses on fun<\/p>\n

After the game, Tkachuk said he has no hard feeling towards anyone and just tried to enjoy the experience. <\/p>\n

“It’s new, those were my teammates not too long ago,” he said. <\/p>\n

“It was nice to be in front of this passionate fan base,” he added when asked about the fan’s reaction to his return. <\/p>\n

Travis Green, head coach of the Ottawa Senators, said the game felt “as close to a playoff game as you’re gonna get.”<\/p>\n

“It was very emotional, physical, was a hard fought game and I thought our team was excellent tonight,” he said. <\/p>\n

Tkachuk spent eight seasons with the Senators after being drafted fourth overall in 2018. <\/p>\n

He is set to return to the Canadian Tire Centre on March 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":["post-941985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}