For the rest of his life, Crew Corbett Carlo can celebrate his birthday with the knowledge that on the day he was born his father scored a playoff goal.
It is a memory Brandon Carlo would never forget.
The Boston defenseman was not with his team on Monday morning for an excellent reason — his wife Mayson was giving birth to their son, their second child, around 3am. A private jet ride and nap at 12,192m later, Brandon Carlo arrived at the rink in time to score a goal and help the Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to win Game 1 of their second-round playoff.
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“So thankful,” Brandon Carlo said. “So proud of my wife as well.”
The goal and victory over the Panthers capped a wild 48 hours for Brandon Carlo. He had an assist on David Pastrnak’s series-winning goal that beat Toronto 2-1 in overtime of Game 7 of that Round 1 matchup on Saturday night.
After that win, Brandon Carlo learned that his wife was headed to the hospital to deliver their son. They waited throughout the day on Sunday, Crew apparently unaware that his dad had a game to deal with as well.
“We sped it up as fast as we could,” Brandon Carlo said. “We were flippin’ her around, putting her upside down, whatever we could do to get that baby out of there.”
Early on Monday morning, doctors decided it was time and Crew Corbett Carlo was born about 30 minutes later. Brandon Carlo landed in South Florida at about 5:30pm, got to the rink after the rest of his teammates, was in the lineup for the 8pm game and the goal he scored seemed fitting in one key way.
It was assisted by Charlie Coyle — so it was C.C. setting up a goal by C.C.C.’s new dad.
“We liked all the C’s involved in the name and C.C. passed me the puck tonight,” Brandon Carlo said. “Pretty cool.”
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