I've bowled strikes, thrown bulls-eyes, chipped in, and made a variety of unlikely goals. We all have I'm sure.
My favorite was an assist during a semi-final. My d-man passed the puck up to me along the boards where I was waiting to the side of the face-off dot. I started to skate it up the ice, the opposing d-man skates towards me, and I see our center skating hard up the middle of the ice with a defender in tow. Hit the brakes, saucer pass over d-man's stick, hit the tape on my center's stick inches beyond his defender's outstretched stick, and homey makes it count on a backhand goal. We go on to win that season's league.
While I've made game winning goals in the past, I think an assist is just as rewarding; or at least in my case more memorable.
I've bowled strikes, thrown bulls-eyes, chipped in, and made a variety of unlikely goals. We all have I'm sure.
My favorite was an assist during a semi-final. My d-man passed the puck up to me along the boards where I was waiting to the side of the face-off dot. I started to skate it up the ice, the opposing d-man skates towards me, and I see our center skating hard up the middle of the ice with a defender in tow. Hit the brakes, saucer pass over d-man's stick, hit the tape on my center's stick inches beyond his defender's outstretched stick, and homey makes it count on a backhand goal. We go on to win that season's league.
While I've made game winning goals in the past, I think an assist is just as rewarding; or at least in my case more memorable.
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