These two kids are facing each other in the @NHL for the first time tonight 😃 pic.twitter.com/T1CtAugecc
— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) January 21, 2024
Good morning,
Brendon Brisson scored his first NHL goal last week in the Vegas Golden Knights’ victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It was a beautiful symbolism – Sidney Crosby was also on the ice, who bathed little Brendan as a three-year-old and put him to bed. It happened while he was visiting his agent – Brendan’s father Pat.
At night, only Tomáš Tatar played from the Slovaks. Seattle Kraken striker during home loss to St. Louis did not score 3-4 after overtime, was the team’s fourth least used player and had one shot on goal.
Morning with the NHL is an article in which we regularly address one topic from the best hockey league in the world and provide a short summary of the night’s events.
Crosby in an unconventional role
The name Pat Brisson probably doesn’t mean much to many hockey fans, even though he has been around the NHL for quite some time. He works as a player agent and has worked with some of the league’s biggest stars for many years.
He is responsible for the currently most lucrative NHL contract of Nathan MacKinnon or other more than 10 million salaries of John Tavares or Anže Kopitar.
In addition, his portfolio also boasts Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby, with whom he has been working since his junior career.
In 2004, the biggest talent of the next draft visited his agent Pat Brisson in California. Just then, however, an accident occurred at their home, in which Brisson’s younger son, Jordan, was injured. Both parents quickly headed to the local hospital with him. However, 3-year-old Brendan remained at home, and the teenager Crosby was supposed to look after him.
Pat Brisson returned from the hospital late at night and Crosby was alone in the living room.
“When I arrived, I only saw Sid. I asked him
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