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PENTICTON — Blame modern media.

Brock Boeser’s pro debut was wrenched from a fable. He was home in the Twin Cities playing in the National Hockey League hours after signing his first contract.

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He was on an impossible schedule. His college team had been eliminated the day before in double overtime. Still, he played unreasonably wonderful, scoring a goal in a win for the Canucks among his four shots on net.

But all anyone seems to remember is, well, you know.

If you don’t, you missed the viral video that counted Boeser saying “you know” 45 times in three minutes. Picked up by Vice Sports, it was quickly viewed more than 100,000 times.

“It was my first game and I was super nervous,” Boeser said. “Oh yeah, I hear about it a lot. Some of my friends just randomly chirp me about it.

“They say ‘Just so you know, you know?’ And I don’t even catch on until they continue to do it for several minutes.”

Just so you know, they say it a lot in Minnesota. It’s in his DNA.