Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and his wife Emma have announced the birth of their child Ryder Keith Tkachuk.

Brady Tkachuk is a professional hockey player, a well-known public figure in the National Capital Region … and now a dad. The Ottawa Senators captain and his wife, Emma, announced the birth of their first child on Tuesday,

Previous Ottawa Senators teams seemed to lack an identity. How is this team different? Why is Brady Tkachuk the heart of the team?

Given the Tkachuk family's high end hockey prowess, the new arrival has the natural bloodlines to be a player someday. But Ryder is already a great, thoughtful teammate, arriving