It was an incredibly special night as the Montreal Canadiens clinched the last Eastern Conference spot. In a dramatic do-or-die match against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Habs pulled through. “To me, it means a lot,” said Captain Nick Suzuki as his team beat the Canes 4-2. Nothing could be more special for Brendan Gallagher & Co. finally clinching that spot, right? Well, not quite.
You see, while the Canadiens making the playoffs was a special moment that signified the “rebuild” is working, a heartfelt moment became another highlight of the night. Gallagher, who lost his mother to brain cancer on March 8, finally received the special jersey he wrote to honor her in 2022. A moment over a month in the making, it moved the fans inside Center Bell to tears.
“Anyone else have tears in their eyes watching this beautiful exchange?” a fan commented on Gino Hard’s clip of Brendan Gallagher meeting Canadiens fan Lucie Lachance on the ice. In an instance of pure hockey magic, Lachance reached out to her favorite hockey winger on March 21. Lachance offered Gallagher a special jersey he may have thought he would never see again.
“Dear @BGALLY17 I feel like this jersey should belong to you. You wore it in warm-up 2022 just before they stop making those. So this is very unique, like your mom was. If you want it, it’s definitely for you to keep as a memory jersey!” the fan wrote, tagging the NHL star. Moved by the incredible gesture from the fan, the 32-year-old ice hockey veteran accepted her offer.
Pure class from both sides
A fan offered to return Brendan Gallagher’s game-worn Hockey Fights Cancer jersey after his mom’s passing. Gallagher’s response is everything pic.twitter.com/14edYgQ0Cv
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) March 21, 2025
“That is incredibly kind of you, thoughtful, and really appreciated!!” the hockey player replied. However, he also promised not to leave Lachance empty-handed. Instead of simply taking the jersey, Brendan Gallagher offered a jersey swap on April 16. So the pair exchanged one game-worn jersey for another. Meanwhile, fans hailed the gesture as the example of what the love for hockey was all about.
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