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WASHINGTON — About 20 minutes after the Canadiens practice had finished Friday, Victor Mete was still on the ice at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex along with Charles Hudon and Alex Galchenyuk, shooting pucks at goalie Al Montoya.

The 19-year-old Mete probably could have stayed on the ice all afternoon.

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“This was my dream my whole life, so now being able to actually live it is really good,” Mete said after he finally returned to the locker room. “Just being able to play around with the boys out there, shoot pucks and play games and stuff, it’s really cool.”

If Mete was nervous during his NHL debut Thursday night — a 3-2 shootout win over the Sabres in Buffalo — it certainly didn’t show. The 5-foot-9, 184-pounder logged 18:43 of ice time — including 2:44 on the power play — and finished plus-1. Mete also had his own personal fan club in attendance with his father, mother and sister among a group of about 40 family members and friends who had a loge at the KeyBank Center.