From player to proud hockey dad

DALLAS — It began with a blind date in Winnipeg so many years ago. Chantal Oster, then a university student, and Keith Tkachuk, then a power forward for the hometown Jets.

Now 21 years into their marriage, life has taken them on quite a journey. To Arizona, where the Jets relocated in 1996, and eventually to Atlanta and St. Louis, where both kids were born and Keith spent nine seasons before hanging up his skates in 2010.

It’s also led them to a pair of NHL drafts, something few families get to experience. To Buffalo in 2016, where now-20-year-old son Matthew was drafted sixth overall by the Calgary Flames. And to Texas this week, where son Brady, 18, was picked fourth overall by the Ottawa…