Matthew Tkachuk is the son of Keith Tkachuk.
Matthew Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.
He was born December 11, 1997, in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States to Keith Tkachuk and Chantal Oster. Tkachuk is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, as his mother Chantal is a native of Winnipeg.
His father, Keith Tkachuk, played 1,201 games in the NHL and is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. He has two siblings; Taryn Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk who is also a professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Ottawa Senators.
Tkachuk played in the 2010 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the St. Louis Blues minor ice hockey team, where he was teammates with Logan Brown, Clayton Keller and Luke Kunin
Tkachuk was selected sixth overall at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Flames.
Tkachuk helped the United States win gold at the 2014 World U-17 Hockey Challenge held in Nova Scotia. He also competed at the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships, where in seven games he registered ten assists (tops in the tournament), leading the U.S. under-18 team to a gold medal win.
On April 19, 2022, Tkachuk recorded his 99th point (an assist) in a 3–2 shootout loss to the Nashville Predators, surpassing his father’s previous personal record (98 in 1995–96).