The Four Nations Face-Off featured an incredible game between the Canadians and Americans that saw one of the most explosive starts to a game in the history of hockey with 3 fights in just 9 seconds to kick off the game.

One guy who didn’t get to participate in that now infamous moment however was Montreal Canadiens enforcer Arber Xhekaj and it would seem that Xhekaj is looking to add a notch to his belt at the expense of one of the men that was front and center for that incredible show at the Four Nations Face-Off.

Xhekaj recently gave a French language interview to Nicolas Cloutier of TVA Sports in which he very clearly called out Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk. When it was suggested that perhaps the best way of dealing with Brady Tkachuk on the ice was to avoid playing into his game, Xhekaj balked and suggested he would charge at Tkachuk head on.

“I will confront him,” said Xhekaj as per TVA Sports. “I’m going to go straight at him. I’m going to get him riled up. I don’t care.”

Xhekaj would go a step further however and even seemed to make comments that suggested something deeply personal between him and Tkachuk.

“I want to make his life miserable,” said Xhekaj during the interview. “I want his night to be agonizing. What I give him must be greater that what he can give back.”

Both Arber Xhekaj and Brady Tkachuk have shown a willingness to take on all customers at all times throughout their young careers in the National Hockey League and I don’t expect Saturday night to be any different. These two teams will clash at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa later tonight, and if we’re lucky we may very well witness a clash between Xhekaj and Tkachuk later tonight as well.