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“I didn’t even know until I got home and she’s like: ‘You’ll never believe what happened.'” Mete said with a laugh about his mother following the Canadiens’ annual open public practice Sunday at the Bell Centre. “I said: ‘What happened?’ She said: ‘When you were on the two-on-one, I said like the F word.’ She showed me after (on video). I guess it’s just kind of almost like an automatic reaction.”

Like I said, any hockey parent can relate, but they don’t get caught doing it on national TV.

“The first thing my mom said to me is: ‘I can’t believe they caught me saying that out of all the moments of the game,'” Mete said. “I just told her it’s OK … it doesn’t really matter.”

It really doesn’t, but it was a funny scene to watch.

And Mete has been a lot of fun to watch this season. The rookie has been one of the very few bright spots for the Canadiens, making the team out of training camp after being a fourth-round pick (100th overall) at the 2016 NHL Draft. Mete played 27 games with the Canadiens, picking up four assists and posting a plus-5, before being loaned to Team Canada for the World Junior Hockey Championship in Buffalo, where he earned a gold medal. Saturday’s game was his first back with the Canadiens.