Brandon momentarily woke up, rolled to his side chanted "Let's Go Rangers" 10 times in a row, the first two while yawning, the final five while adding a "Yea, yea, yea" in between, in perhaps the cutest hockey bedtime ritual ever.
"I saw it and I just burst out laughing," Noel said. "I couldn't believe it, so they have an option to create a clip and that's what I did."
The video's gone viral. The Rangers official account tweeted it before Thursday's game.
"(Brandon) has always been into hockey. We got him this mini hockey stick. First thing in the morning he goes for it. 'Daddy let's play hockey,' he says," Noel said.
The sport runs in the family. Noel's nephew is Michael Paliotta, a defenseman who was drafted by the Blackhawks in 2011 and, after a stint with the Columbus Blue Jackets, signed with the Rangers in July. He is with the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL.
Brandon went to his first NHL game last season. They saw the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center.
"I thought he wouldn't last the entire game. But he was so into it. He was hooked," said Flynn, who is originally from Queens, N.Y. and is a lifelong Rangers fan. "We stayed the whole game and he didn't want to leave."
And after seeing his first Rangers game this season, he is hooked on the Rangers and their famous chant, clearly.
"Some kids count sheep to go to sleep," Noel said. "He does this I guess."