Holtby on Giving Up a Goal to Carlson: “He Will Never Let Me Live That Down”

It was media day today at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto, Canada, and Braden Holtby was one of the representatives from Team Canada that met with the media.

Not too surprising, one of the first questions Braden would face, would be regarding his giving up a goal to Capitals team-mate John Carlson, in the last USA-Canada game on Saturday. As expected, Braden handled it with class and a sense of humor.

Holtby said it would have been OK if Oshie scored on him. Said he could hear Carlson celebrating right away: "wooo!"

— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 15, 2016

@Holts170 on @JohnCarlson74 scoring on him Saturday. "He's the one guy who is never going to let me live that down."

— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) September 15, 2016

Asked Holtby about Carlson's goal and celebration. "I’ve heard that celebration in practice a time or two. I know he did it just for me."

— Tarik El-Bashir (@TarikCSN) September 13, 2016

Looking back at the goal, Carlson appeared to give it his best “Wooo!” and fist pump, all in good fun, of course.

By Jon Sorensen

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