The young fan ended the letter saying he hoped Tkachuk scored a lot of goals and Team USA wins the gold medal before wishing the forward good luck.
Tkachuk responded to Cambridge saying winning two Stanley Cups were one of the “greatest things to happen to me,” but there was no greater honor than representing the U.S. at the Olympics.
“I’m going to try to do you and the rest of the Americans proud and come out with the big ultimate goal,” Tkachuk said to end the video.
The star forward will make his Olympics debut when the United States play Team Latvia on Thursday (3:10 p.m. ET; Peacock, USA, ICI TOU.TV, CBC Gem, SN, RDS) at Santagiulia Arena in the first of three preliminary round games.