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NHL prima Connor McDavid peeled backmost nan curtain connected his "phobia" of ketchup connected Saturday nighttime pursuing nan Edmonton Oilers' 3-2 nonaccomplishment to nan Calgary Flames.
McDavid appeared connected Sportsnet’s "After Hours" programme aft a one-goal crippled against nan Flames. A instrumentality mobility came into nan broadcast and asked really McDavid is capable to negociate his utmost dislike of nan condiment connected nan road.
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Edmonton Oilers halfway Connor McDavid (97) skates against nan Calgary Flames during nan 2nd play astatine Scotiabank Saddledome connected Dec. 27, 2025. (Sergei Belski/Imagn Images)
He said his teammates knew to support it acold distant from him.
McDavid was past asked really nan rumor developed for him, and he stated that it conscionable happened during his childhood.
"Honestly, you know, it stems from childhood, "McDavid said. "My brother’s nan aforesaid way. Not judge wherever it came from. I’m gonna blasted it connected him. He’s worse than I am. I learned disconnected him, truthful return it up pinch him."
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Edmonton Oilers halfway Connor McDavid (97) waits for play to resume during nan first play of an NHL lucky crippled against nan Minnesota Wild, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, successful St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
He couldn’t sanction one point he liked astir it.
"I don’t cognize what it is," he said. "The texture, it’s nan look of it, it’s everything. … I deliberation it’s a phobia, yeah."
McDavid’s wife, Lauren, first revealed nan player’s rumor pinch ketchup during Amazon’s "FACEOFF: Inside nan NHL." He was adamant past twelvemonth that it was conscionable thing that he and his relative grew up with.
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) celebrates Zach Hyman's (18) extremity connected nan Calgary Flames during 2nd play NHL action successful Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Heinz Ketchup’s Canada societal media relationship besides poked nosy astatine McDavid past October.
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