Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson connected for one last goal together during the 2023 All Star game.

At the beginning of the game Horvat and Pettersson skated up to each other while mic’d up and started a conversation. The men can be heard saying “one last time,” and Horvat suggested that the pair try to connect for one last goal together.

And connect they did.

Horvat brought the puck up the ice and passed it across to Pettersson who shot it in to get his first of two goals for the All Star game. The two embraced and Horvat exclaimed “we did it!”

Then on the bench Pettersson pulled Horvat in for another hug and a tap on the head.

This felt like a passing of the torch moment for the Vancouver Canucks.

Horvat has led the team for the past four years and been a Canuck for nine years.

Elias Pettersson is basically confirmed to take the captains spot from Bo so when Horvat passed the puck to Pettersson for their last ever connection together, it felt like a significant changing of the guards moment within the actual team.

It would have been nice to see the pair connect for one last goal as actual Canucks before Horvat was traded, but this All Star game goal feels like a happy ending for the pair.