DropStep wrote:Wingy wrote:molepharmer wrote: I'd seen only a couple of those before; may have started with a couple of college players at Michigan (Kent Johnson????) only a few years ago. The speed and ease with which Bedard does that is crazy stuff. It's was about the only good thing to come out of that fiasco against St.Louis the other night.
Here’s the first one I ever saw. A Michigan player, but a little more than a few years ago (1996) -
Great for Chicago fans to have such a young phenom to follow in Bedard.
Back in the day, Chicago sports radio had a slow news day and was asking callers to call in with the most remarkable plays of the year (or something like that). I never call into radio, but I must have been having a slow day too because I called in with that Michigan goal, or one like it that was in the frozen four, and they seemed unimpressed. They seemed to be like "yeah wraparound goals are pretty cool," and I was like no, listen, this guy picked the puck up on his stick, and balanced it there while he stuffed it OVER the goalie's shoulder into the top corner from behind the net - I have never seen anything like that in my life. I'm still not sure they got it, which still bugs me and is probably why I'm mentioning it here 25 years later lol.
Thought I'd mention that the ladies are doing the "Michigan" goal now, with maybe an assist from the side of the goalie's helmet.
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44360791/pwhl-abby-roque-pulls-fabled-michigan-goal
