Arshdeep Bains got a solid vote of confidence before suiting up for his hometown Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
The left-winger spoke with Daniel and Henrik Sedin, and the Canucks legends told him they had a feeling Bains was poised to score his first NHL goal.
They were right.
“I’d been hearing that from a couple guys,” Bains said after he buried the winning goal in Vancouver’s 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. “They’re all pretty happy for me. And it almost felt like it was meant to be.”
WATCH | Bains’ debut a momentous occasion for Punjabi community in B.C.: Arshdeep Bains of Surrey, B.C., made his debut with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, facing off against the Colorado Avalanche. The 23-year-old forward went from being undrafted in the Western Hockey League to becoming the fourth-ever Punjabi NHL player.
Bains — who hails from the Vancouver suburb of Surrey — said …