November 13th, 2009, No Comments »
Let’s end the week with a bit of hockey magic. Owen Nolan (the only player born in Northern Ireland playing in the NHL, as it happens) defied his 38 years last night and scored a top ten goal of the year:
Of course, those two mincing Tampa Bay defencemen made him look pretty good, but it’s still a fantastic goal.
February 3rd, 2009, 1 Comment »
From tonight’s Leafs-Panthers game. Things are clearer on the replay, which starts around the one-minute mark:
Hagman gets accidentally (and firmly) checked by a referee, gets kneed in the head and then almost gets the puck in the mouth. And then he scores a great goal. Good Canadian boy. Except, of course, that he’s Finnish.
October 20th, 2007, 1 Comment »
I was just catching up on a few NHL highlights, and spotted this phenomenal goal by 19-year-old Johnathan Toews. Clark and Hannan make him look pretty good, but it’s the highlight of this young season:
I watched Toews play for Canada at the World Juniors as a 17-year-old. He was a little over-matched among the 19-year-olds, but still had outstanding speed and puck-handling skills.