Subbans relive memories of boyhood competitions

Brothers used hallway as stage for stick games

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —

The stick hockey games in the hallways of the Subban house were alwaysa heated affair.

The location changed Friday, but it wasn’t any less intense for Golden Knights goaltender Malcolm Subban.

“Obviously, when I was a kid I was a player still, but

I’d always play goalie in the hallway,” he said after the Knights’ morning skate. “I remember P.K. shooting on me telling my dad, ‘He’s pretty good. He should play.’ And my dad’s like, ‘No way. Not a chance he’s playing goalie.’

“It’ll be cool to have him shoot on me, for sure.”

Subban squared off against his older brother, P.K., for the first time as a professional when the Knights took on the Nashville Predators on Friday at Bridgestone Arena.

The Subbans grew up in Toronto and are 4½ years apart.

The 28-year-old P.K., an allstar defenseman for the Predators, is the oldest of three brothers. Malcolm Subban, who turns 24 on Dec. 21, and Jordan, 22, were teammates in juniors, but Friday marked the first time P.K. and Malcolm faced each other.

“Just like any other brothers that have ever played with each other or played against each other, it’s a pretty special moment when you do it,” P.K. Subban said Friday. “I think that, for him,

he’s worked really, really hard to get to the NHL. The start of his career has been great, so I’m just going to take in the whole moment.”

The Subbans’ father, Karl, was in attendance Friday as the Knights hosted the traditional Dad’s Trip. He made no secret which side he was on.

“I won’t be cheering for (Nashville). I won’t be rooting for P.K.,” Karl Subban told the NHL Network. “I’ll be rooting for Malcolm and