Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya Reunited on the Ice and Nobody Could Handle How Cute It Was
Ducks fly together. Always. Case in point: Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya. The two Anaheim Mighty Ducks legends haven’t played together in seven years, ever since Kariya was forced to hang up the skates early due to injuries. But the longtime teammates were in Toronto over the weekend for the Hockey Hall of Fame festivities (both were inducted this year) and it looks like the old chums are still just as we remember them: inseparable.
As soon as the two BFFs got in a room together, they were hamming it up like old times.
#TeemuandPaulintheHall is serious business…until you get them together in a room! pic.twitter.com/vF398Gj3pN
— #TeemuandPaulintheHall (@AnaheimDucks) November 8, 2017
That said, everyone was a bit dismayed when Selanne and Kariya wound up playing on opposite teams in Sunday’s Legends Classic game. It wasn’t up to them — the game was split into Canadians vs. World players — but it just felt wrong.
Omg omg omg omg
Paul Kariya is back on the ice! #TeemuandPaulintheHall pic.twitter.com/rrIspTzY6J
— #TeemuandPaulintheHall (@AnaheimDucks) November 12, 2017
So wrong, in fact, that Kariya decided to trade himself to Team World mid-game so he could play alongside his favourite right winger. And that’s when the sparks flew.
https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/929834636791783424
Kariya + Selanne Forever. #TeemuandPaulintheHall #HHOFLegendsClassic pic.twitter.com/M6QL7HaHbu
— Alex Nino Gheciu (@alexninog) November 13, 2017
The Finnish Flash pulled of a sensational between-the-legs drop pass to Kariya, who wristed it home. Just like old times. Electric.
After seeing that, fans who grew up watching the dynamic duo own the NHL in the ’90s simply couldn’t contain all the feels. (We’ll be honest: neither could we.)
I *will* sit my future grandchild on my knee and tell them about Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne.
— Glen MacDonald (@GlennyMac1) November 13, 2017
Seeing Kariya and Selanne together on the ice at the Hall of Fame game brings me joy. @AnaheimDucks @NHL
— Dom (@Minou_Foo) November 12, 2017
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Kariya and Selanne has to be hustled off the ice because they kept hugging and posing for pictures 😭 pic.twitter.com/pyjiyrG6iI
— Danielle Matheson (@prograpslady) November 12, 2017
You could even feel the fireworks as Kariya and Selanne hung out in the locker room area after the game. These two go together like peas and carrots. Chemistry 101.
“You looked unbelievable!” Selanne told Kariya during a scrum.
“That’s the only word in his vocabulary,” Kariya quipped to reporters. “We just had a drinking game about that last night.”
TEEMU + PAUL FOREVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️