Washington-Brayden Schenn played his NHL game of the 1,000 of the regular season when he and St. Louis Blues faced Washington’s capitals on Thursday night.
Old Brother Luke played his game number 1,000 on October 17 with the Nashville predators. The Schenns are the eighth set of brothers for each scope that milestone and the first to do so in the same season.
“I’ve always said you don’t get there without the help of tons of people,” Brayden said after his team’s morning skating. “The family is one and coaches, players and teammates and people in the organization. Obviously, you have to adopt the daily routine of the ups and downs and how difficult this league is, but, yes, quite special that we have best friends who push each other every day and do so in the same year. “
Blues players are celebrating the occasion with Schenn shirts and hats with No. 10 of the Captain. Father Jeff delivered a speech prior to the game in the locker room after coach Jim Montgomery said: “Schenner and his brother obtaining 1,000 games in the same season is a tribute to the great family raised by Jeff and his wife.”
Jeff Schenn said Brayden was his favorite player in the blues and tied in his favorite in general, of course, with Luke.
“Honored and privileged and very proud to be part of the great day and the great trip that accompanies him,” said his father. “You see hard work and dedication and blows and bruises and everything you put in it … so excited and happy to be here and proud of it.”
The capitals recognized the milestone with a message in the sand videos and an advertisement during the first period.
Brayden reaches 1,000 is about talking before the exchange deadline on March 7 that the teams are interested in acquiring them both in separate movements. The blues are outside the playoff career at the West Conference, while predators are out of dispute.
“The times they changed me, I did not expect them to exchange me, so you really know,” said Schenn, added that he loved his time with St. Louis. “It is a business and that comes with the flows of a type of place where we are positioned, five points of the playoffs. But it is the deadline for exchange, so some people make rumors … you simply take it one day at the same time and you concentrate on your game and play.”
Brayden, 33, has three years in his contract with an annual salary limit of $ 6.5 million. Luke, 35, has one more season left after this with $ 2.75 million.
The Schenn Brothers have played together in the NHL before, passing 3 1/2 seasons with the Flyers Philadelphia of 2013-15. Brayden won the Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019, then Luke consecutive with Tampa Bay Lightning in ’20 and ’21