Apr 16, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Carolina Hurricanes left wing Bradly Nadeau (29) plays the puck against Montreal Canadiens right wing Joel Armia (40) in the third period at Bell Centre. (David Kirouac-Imagn Images) [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/cac6b577-5225-42a9-a3ef-a874bec24cc6.jpeg] Apr 16, 2025; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Carolina Hurricanes left wing Bradly Nadeau (29) plays the puck against Montreal Canadiens right wing Joel Armia (40) in the third period at Bell Centre. (David Kirouac-Imagn Images) Carolina Hurricanes [http://thn.com/carolina] forward and top prospect Bradly Nadeau registered his first NHL point Wednesday night in the team's 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens [http://thn.com/montreal]. It was just the second career NHL game for the 2023 first-round pick, having made his debut in the final game of the season last year. "I thought, as the game got on, he was actually starting to be really noticeable," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour. "Made a couple of nice plays, had a good tip there on the goal. Had a couple shots on the power play there. He did a good job." Nadeau grew more and more noticeable as the game went on and finally, late in the third period, the winger was fighting for position in front of the Montreal net and managed to get his stick on a Dmitry Orlov shot. The puck nearly found its way into the net on its own, but it needed a little help and luckily Tyson Jost was there to poke it home. "There's a lot of emotions that go through it," Nadeau said on picking up his first NHL point. "Obviously your team scored, so you're back in the game there and then also you get your first NHL point. I think just a lot of emotions, but hopefully it's one of many." Nadeau, 19, has been lighting up the AHL in his first professional season, pacing all AHL rookies with 30 goals on the season [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/players/bradly-nadeau-scores-30th-ahl-goal-joins-exclusive-list]. The New Brunswick native has shown a penchant for producing at every level of his career so far and I don't think it will be too long before we see him doing it consistently at the NHL level either. "Every chance you get to play for an NHL team you kind of embrace and play as hard as you can," Nadeau said. "Learn from mistakes and the experience. Had a lot of fun. Unfortunately we came up short, but I think there was a lot to like." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay updated with the most interesting Carolina Hurricanes stories, analysis, breaking news and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwmeDfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] to never miss a story.
