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This adorable NHL player’s mom has the best reaction to her son’s goal

The Vancouver Canucks’ Matt Bartkowski is living the dream, and so is his mom.

The Canucks players brought their mothers to their game against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

And after the former Boston Bruins defenseman scored the game-tying goal, his mom, Beth Bartkowski, was one of the most excited people in the arena.

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“It warms your heart,’’ she told a Sportsnet reporter right after the goal. “Vancouver is lovely, the moms are lovely, I’m having the time of my life, and the icing on the cake is my boy scores! My boy scores! This is the icing on the cake.’’

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“This is the high life,’’ she added. “I mean he lives the dream, I’m living the dream.’’

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