I'm Thomas Drance from The Athletic Vancouver: Imitator of obscure Russian-born ex-Canucks grinders on Twitter, one-time CanucksArmy overlord, author and former NHL PR guy - AMA

[u/Artemchubarov]

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[u/salamiolivesonions]

tell us your best yandle story

[u/Artemchubarov → u/salamiolivesonions]

So Keith Yandle comes up to me after a win one night and I'm handing out singles. Singles are sheets of paper PR guys hand out to the coaches/management/players after a game - they're two sided with the event summary and the game summary on it. So it's got TOI, real time stats, points, pluses and dashes etc.. He says "how many hits I get tonight" to which I respond "you got two Yands" Keith grabs the sheet to double check and says excitedly, for everyone to hear "wow, a new career high!"

[u/knifefarty → u/Artemchubarov]

lmao