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DENVER — Whenever his hockey season ends, Gustav Nyquist will be on diaper duties.

Monday marked one week since Nyquist and his wife, Danielle, welcomed their first child — a baby bundle-of-joy named Charlotte.

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The 29-year-old right-winger beelined back to Michigan for the arrival but left the next day and hasn’t seen his daughter since. (Except on FaceTime, of course.)

If all goes according to plan for the San Jose Sharks, the proud pops will be busy for another month yet.

“I think for anyone who has a kid, it’s a special feeling, for sure, and it gives you another perspective of things,” Nyquist said. “It has been an incredible experience. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to spend as much time probably as I want with her, but my wife is doing an amazing job back home. She deserves all the credit.

“Being away, I want to make it worth it here, too.”

This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time that you’ll read about an NHLer missing out on some special family moments as he quests to have his name angraved on the Stanley Cup.