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Sam Bennett’s roommate was among the 19,298 fans leaping to their feet.

The Calgary Flames’ dashing rookie had just sailed through the enemy en route to a highlight-reel goal, whipping the Saddledome into an appreciative frenzy. Jumbotron replays of the sequence did nothing to diminish the applause.

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In fact, seeing the kid’s handiwork in slow motion revealed its artistry.

Everyone enjoyed the moment.

And no one more than the gentleman who shares Bennett’s condo in Calgary.

“He’s scored a lot of goals and that was a pretty nice one,” Dave, father of Sam, said Sunday afternoon. “Pretty exciting. Very exciting. The whole idea — and I tell Sam this, too — is to have fun. I understand it’s a job for him, but if he’s having fun, he does well. And I go out there and have fun myself.”

Caught on camera, too, was Dave’s own out-of-seat exuberance in Section 103.

“Normally at games, he stays pretty cool,” Sam, laughing, said post-game. “I was surprised to see him jumping around like that.”