Penguins defenseman P.O. Joseph and older brother Mathieu Joseph, a ahead for the Senators, lived out a childhood dream after they performed one another for the primary time within the NHL on Friday night time in Pittsburgh.
Neither participant recorded some extent in Pittsburgh’s 4-1 win, however they did enter the field rating collectively after they drew coincidental high-stick penalties whereas their mother and father, Frantzi Joseph and France Taillon, watched from the stands.
P.O. Joseph sheepishly admitted his brother most likely did not deserve a penalty, admitting he may need unintentionally high-sticked himself.
“I don’t know if they thought this is going to be funny or something that we’re both going to get a penalty at the same time,” Mathieu Joseph said. “But stuff occurs. I’m certain my mother and father had a very good chuckle about it, however I did not assume it was humorous.”
Their mother and father actually did have a very good chuckle, as captured by video.
https://t.co/TuROav5aMJ pic.twitter.com/eUIabS51PC
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 21, 2023
It’s not the primary time two brothers have acquired penalties in the identical sport.
In 1997, Keith and Wayne Primeau bought right into a struggle with one another in a Buffalo Sabres-Hartford Whalers sport in Connecticut and went to the field.
And in 1992, Brent and Rich Sutter every bought unsportsmanlike conducts within the second interval after which roughing penalties towards one another within the third throughout a Chicago Blackhawks-St. Louis Blues matchup.
Information from ESPN Stats & Information and The Associated Press was used on this report.
