"First Tkachuk to graduate college": Brady Tkachuk and his father celebrate sister Taryn's graduation from the University of Virginia

Modified May 17, 2025 09:49 GMT

Brady Tkachuk’s sister Taryn graduated from the University of Virginia this week. On Thursday, the Tkachuk family celebrated the special occasion together.

Brady, Taryn and their father Keith went to the Trinity Irish Pub, also known as Trinity on the Corner, a popular student bar near UVA’s campus in Charlottesville. Brady shared a special snap from their evening on his Instagram stories and congratulated his sister.

“Congrats @taryntkachuk! First Tkachuk to graduate college,” he wrote.

In the photo, Keith was seated on the left. Brady sat in the middle with his arm around his dad and Taryn, smiling casually in a gray shirt.

Taryn stood to the right, dressed in a black and white outfit, holding a drink and smiling brightly. A beer bottle was placed on the table in front of them.

Taryn Tkachuk played four years of collegiate field hockey at the University of Virginia. She earned All-Atlanta Coast Conference Tournament Team honors in 2022. The following year, she made it to the All-ACC Second Team.

Brady Tkachuk’s mother melts over special Mother’s Day messages from her children

Last week, the NHL’s Instagram account posted a special video featuring Brady and Matthew Tkachuk’s parents, Chantal and Keith. In the video, the Tkachuk parents spoke about the experience of watching their sons compete in the NHL.

Chantal shared how emotional it was to follow their games and how proud they were of their children. She also received heartfelt Mother’s Day messages from both Brady and Matthew.

“Mom, happy Mother's Day. I love you,” Matthew said in the video message.

“Mom, happy Mother's Day,” he said. “Every day should be Mother's Day with everything that you do for our family.”

Chantal Tkachuk was touched by the special wishes from her sons.

“Wow! I'm a… lucky mom,” she smiled.

In the clip, Chantal also shared that to keep up with the boys’ busy schedules, the Tkachuks designed their living room with three TVs. Keith explained that the son who performs better on a certain night gets the biggest screen. Chantal added that while she and Keith start watching together, they sometimes move to separate rooms depending on the tension and excitement.

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Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the spectator sports industry. Raised in Bahrain, Anjum grew up close to the Formula 1 and GP2 scene, but it was ice-sports that she truly had a chance to play at school.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for Oil on Whyte, Leafs Herald, the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

When not enjoying the game, Anjum can be found sailing, star-mapping or collaborating with fellow citizen scientists at NASA.

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