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Bobby has joined the Jansen team, and he has his personal hockey jersey — complete with leg holes — to prove it.

Warren Jansen had agreed that if Bobby Ryan scored a goal during the Ottawa Senators’ game against the New York Rangers on Jan. 24, his boys, Reece, 7, and Cole, 10, could get a dog.

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Ryan managed to get the puck past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, and a week later the Jansen family went to the Big Sky Ranch Animal Sanctuary in Kemptville to pick out a dog.

The 40-pound husky mix they took home had been called Jeb, but a change was made to honour Ryan after it was discovered the dog responded better to the name Bobby.

“He was really cute,” Reece said of his new dog, who proudly wears his name on the back of his own Senators jersey. “He has a nice, little orangey colour.”

Amber Kirkwood said her family fell in love with Bobby because he was calm and had the sweetest face.

“He came out with a big smile on his face, just looking around,” she said.