Almost two decades after a photo of him skating at the Saddledome as a two-year-old junior Hitmen was famous enough to appear in Life magazine, Hunter Shinkaruk now has an even better keepsake:
A photo of him standing in the exact same spot, scoring an NHL goal in his home debut as a Flame.
Yes, on Tuesday, 19 years after the Calgary Sun’s Dave Chidley snapped a shot of a tiny Shinkaruk skating at the top, right-hand side of the crease, the Calgary native snapped in a rebound against the L.A. Kings from the same place.
“I didn’t realize that until now,” said the 21-year-old Flames call-up, beaming as always.