Canucks welcome Brock Boeser to the NHL with classic rookie pre-game skate prank

It’s been a wild 24 hours for 20-year-old Brock Boeser.

The Burnsville, Minnesota native was playing for the University of North Dakota on Friday night and was part of the wild double-overtime game. On Saturday afternoon, he made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks in his own backyard at the Xcel Energy Center.

Since Boeser was making his NHL debut, you can bet his teammates set him up for the classic rookie pre-game skate initiation.



Welcome to the #NHL, Brock Boeser. (Via @canucks) A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on Mar 25, 2017 at 11:58am PDT

It's crazy how Friday morning the youngster had the Frozen Four on his mind and then less than 24 hours later he was preparing to play in his first ever NHL game.



Boeser, in the house! A post shared by Vancouver Canucks (@canucks) on Mar 25, 2017 at 9:28am PDT

To make his debut even better, he ended up scoring his first NHL goal right down the road from his hometown.



BROCK BOESER!!! 3-0 #CANUCKS!!! — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 25, 2017 Horvat went hard to the net, Kuemper made the save, Boeser scooped in the rebound. 3-0 Vancouver, 8 mins to play in the 2nd. — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 25, 2017

Now that's how you get your NHL career started.