The "Holy Crap, Did You See That Goal?" Thread

[Hidious 0]

Linus Omark... I knew i had heard this guy's name before and it was in this very thread for this beauty, in SO again:

[Larry54 243]

I guess Omark was ballsy. It would also have been ballsy if he had done it wearing a hat and sunglasses, so it's stuff that's more appropriate during an all-star break. Doing the spin-o-rama miles away from the goalie (which the majority of hockey players can do, amateurs included) didn't help to fake out the goalie, or show any skill (except maybe to people who can't skate). The first thing that came to mind when I saw it was, "What's the point?" Maybe he should learn to do a double axel at the start of his shootouts. That would add still more personality to the sport.

Edit: The thought just occured to me. They were already up 1 goal in the shootout with only 1 player left to go on each team. The odds were very much in his favor that he wouldn't cost the team a win if he didn't score. The shootout would just have resumed with them still being a goal ahead in the shootout. So to say that he had balls to do it is somewhat of an overstatement. Would he have done the same thing if he was the last of all shooters and needed the goal to tie the shootout? Now that would have taken real balls.

P.S. The goal in the video that Hidious posted just above: that's pure genious!

[TBLfan 25]

Bobby Ryan, scores despite stolen stick.

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=87205&cmpid=nhl-rxl-fb

[tamtamg 12]

Bobby Ryan, scores despite stolen stick.

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=87205&cmpid=nhl-rxl-fb

Even more impressive, Mikko Koviu is LH shot, and Ryan is RH. He scores with a LH stick shooting it RH!

[TBLfan 25]

If Mikko's pattern is anything like Saku's it might as well be RH.

[Machinehead2k5 32]

If Mikko's pattern is anything like Saku's it might as well be RH.

You can see in the replay that it has a pretty good heel wedge to Koivu's stick.

Here's the Wild feed who picked it up as soon as the stick switcheroo happened:

[flaming_june 2]

I know his bro has a flat heel to mid and then a mild closed toe. From that video it's impossible to tell what kind of curve Mikko uses, and whether it'd be flat enough on the back hand of the sweet spot to be shot as a righty.

[TeamBlue96 3]

think the Preds miss this guy?

[adam14 182]

hes STILL wearing those green eagles.

[flaming_june 2]

Still; it's his khl colours still.

That is a friggin joke. The ability to do that deke and then go top shelf that quickly. Man.. so much skill.

[adam14 182]

I didn't realize he was wearing a Russia sweater, my bad.

[n3ss 0]

this isn't really a "holy crap" moment but still a nice one by jay beagle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tW3OuztWCI

[TeamBlue96 3]

this isn't really a "holy crap" moment but still a nice one by jay beagle

needs moar replay! (i youtubed it anyway, haha)

very nice goal. reminds me of Malkin vs. the Canes in the playoffs two years ago.

[dangle 0]

Here's the video with replay:

Like TeamBlue said, he definitely Malkin'd it. Beauty of a goal! Price didn't have a prayer

[RadioGaGa 162]

(Let me preface this by saying it's not just because I am a Habs fan that I hold this opinion)

But...I thought in a penalty shot or shootout attempt, the player had to continue forward momentum? When Stamkos spun last night, he essetially STOPS his forward motion and then shoots!

The spin at the blueline that Omark did a few weeks back is a spin, moving forward, but in all these top of the crease spins:

PM Boushard, St. Louis, Blake, Grabovski, Subban did it in the AHL last year...They all pretty much stop first then shoot.

Mac T said the same thing last night on the TSN panel.

Call it sour grapes if you want...I was out last night, and by the highlights I saw....Tampa was owning Montreal before and after that goal...so the outcome was not in question...but really?!?!?! Why is that allowed?

[Race4LastPlace 31]

Rule 24.2

The spin-o-rama type move where the player completes a 360° turn as he approaches the goal, shall be permitted as this involves continuous motion

I can see both sides, it did appear he stopped. But my guess is they are saying that 'stop' was in the course of changing directions to complete the spin-o-rama, making it a legal play.

[camhockey16 5]

i dont have a problem with the stopping - but im starting to think they shouldn't allow the goal if the player makes contact with the goalie

in some of those the player's skates end up going into the goalies leg pads and contribute to him losing his balance

[Chadd 916]

i dont have a problem with the stopping - but im starting to think they shouldn't allow the goal if the player makes contact with the goalie

in some of those the player's skates end up going into the goalies leg pads and contribute to him losing his balance

I agree, and I've been saying the same for a couple years.

[alstick 0]

John Tavares

[flaming_june 2]

How many times have you see him do that move lol. what a player.

He's second goal was very good as well.

[TBLfan 25]

Not a goal but a puck breaks into two pieces:

[camhockey16 5]

there were a couple of nice ones in the penguins-tampa game tonight

[chippa13 1844]

A simple poke check from the goalie and Tavares never makes it to the front of the net with the puck.

[Powerfibers 8]

Okay, I gotta ask...if part of the puck goes in, is it a goal? What is the official ruling on that?

[ironic_chef 0]

This was from the U17 World Challenge a couple of days ago, the Forsberg move. I saw this on TSN but when I checked YouTube, there were just two videos from people who were there.

What makes this amazing to me is that this kid, Matthew Campanga, is 16 years old, playing in front of 12,000 people, and this goal is to put the game away (it was 4-3, and the 4th Canadian/Ontario goal was also quite good) and win the championship.

This link shows the goal from several views, but gives you an idea of how loud it was in the arena.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-tReVQOFY