How About A Goalie Goal...???

((HT: TSN BarDown))

For this, which is always cool, we go to the Quebec Major Junior League

Cape Breton (which is responsible for the video) Screaming Eagles goalie Francois Brassard pulled this off against Quebec


According to the QMJHL, Brassard becomes only the fourth goaltender in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League history to score, behind Antoine Lafleur (P.E.I., 2005), Maxim Gougeon (Rimouski, 2008) and Peter Delmas (Lewiston, 2008).

Salud...

Henrik Sedin Scores The Best Empty-Netter This Season

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The Vancouver Canucks had a season opener with Calgary last night.

And the Flames were down late, but the Canucks had other ideas.
Henrik Sedin scores one of the prettier, more-hard working empty netters you'll see


See...???

We told ya...

Patrick Kane Scores Goal On Himself

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Sometimes, pulling the goalie works for you...
Sometimes, it doesn't...

But this is the first time the HQ can remember it works against you by your own hand...

Thanks to Patrick Kane...
Chicago would win 5-3, so Kane escaped a loss- even if he didn't escape grief from his teammates...

USA-Russia WJC Quarters Ends In Monkey Gestures

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Just when you thought the youth of the world were getting along in the sports world, and the idea that detente was a surviving model of diplomacy forgot to tell the Russian squad at the end of the World Juniors quarterfinal today in Sweden.

Here's the highlights from beginning to end, and the last minute or so are the cute gestures...


To recap, Team USA's Matt Grzelcyk blew a tire and it led to the open-net goal by Russia's Pavel Buchnevich.
Buchnevich decided to rub the USA's nose in it and Blackhawks draftee Ryan Hartman popped him...

Which was nice- although a just-as-violatory move in The Code as the Russian celebration...

And what was the whole "fire hose" move, anyway...???

We know... the HQ just wanted to know if you were paying attention...