Eli Graveline, a four year old from Ontario, is getting some latent praise for getting excited about Canadasa国际传媒檚 national sport at the mere age of two.

Thatsa国际传媒檚 because his mom, Julianne Foisy Graveline, took advantage of social mediasa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒渢hrowback Thursdaysa国际传媒� to post a video of the then-toddler practising his stick handling while in his crib.

The black-and-white footage, from 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2017, shows Eli standing in his crib, with a miniature hockey stick in hand, hitting what looks to be a puck.

In a post on her Facebook page, Julianne said while she was pregnant with her son, until he was about one year old, she wasnsa国际传媒檛 interested in having him play organized sports.

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The video has since been widely viewed, and picked up by TSN, NBC Sports and Barstool Sports.

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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