Kids say the darndest things. That’s why a video of a 4-year-old hockey player is shooting straight into hearts all over the internet.

The six-minute video, posted by Oro-Medonte, Ont.’s Jeremy Rupke after he mic’d up his son Mason Rupke at a hockey practice, has racked up more than a million views since it was posted to YouTube Friday.

“The reaction has been amazing and it makes me happy to see the happiness that he’s bringing others,” Rupke said. “Being a hockey parent, or a parent in general, you always think your kid is cute. To have everyone else agree, it’s pretty cool.”

Throughout the practice, viewers are invited to watch the struggles, triumphs and endearing sleepiness of the 4-year-old on ice.

“I’m going to take a nap,” Mason proclaims in one scene, immediately slumping onto the ice, giving himself an “I’m alright” pep talk and eventually rolling onto his stomach.

The video is resonating with people all over the world, including famous hockey icons, Olympic medallists and even American NFL players.





“‘I’m gonna take a nap’ I feel ya buddy, I feel ya. This is hilarious,” Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt wrote on Twitter.

From sending Halloween greetings in February to calling the ice an “old paint can,” the video has plenty of feel-good moments to choose from.

Mason also commonly refers to wanting McDonalds as ‘Badonalds,’ and pretends he has to go to the washroom to get out of skating.

When it comes time to split up into groups? The small (yet defiant) Timbit shouts “I’m gonna grow a party” instead.

His dad said the idea to create the video came from sheer curiosity about the reasoning behind his son’s antics during practices.

“He always says the most random, funny stuff to me, but I just have that curiosity. I always wonder if he’s just saying something completely off-side or something crazy to the coach.”

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