Ladies & Gentlemen...A goalie goal!!

Pekka Rinne became the first NHL goalie to score a goalie goal since Mike Smith in 2013. The Preds faced off against the lowly Blackhawks Thursday night and skated to a 5-2 victory at the United Center. This wasn't one of those "last one to touch the puck" goals either. Pekka blasted this from below the goal line, conjuring his best Ron Hextall impersonation, and burying the puck 200 feet down the ice.

Goals by goalies are hard to come by as there have only been 15 examples between 12 goalies. Ron Hextall did it twice and Martin Brodeur did it three times. Will it be another six years before another? Who knows.

Here are the other goalie scorers...

Billy Smith - 11/28/79

Ron Hextall 12/8/87 & 4/11/89

Chris Osgood 3/6/96

Martin Brodeur - 4/17/97, 2/15/00, & 3/21/13

Damian Rhodes - 1/2/99

Jose Theodore  - 1/2/01

Evgeni Nabokov - 3/10/02

Mika Noronen - 2/14/04

Chris Mason - 4/15/06

Cam Ward - 12/26/11

Mike Smith - 10/19/13

When Kovalchuk Was Hobby Gold

There was a time when Ilya Kovalchuk was a hockey card darling.  That's not so much the case anymore.  Fast forward about 18 years and his story doesn't seem to have turned out the way a superstar's should.  In fact, since returning to the NHL, his 43 points in 81 games over the last two seasons wasn't even enough to sniff a King's lineup that sat very near the bottom of the Pacific (not the ocean).  He hadn't played a game since Nov. 9th.

On Dec. 16th, after already receiving a $2.65 Million roster bonus, it was announced that he was put on "unconditional waivers" and had left Los Angeles.  I wasn't sure what exactly a UW was but the move was done for the sole purpose of terminating his $18.75 million contract.  The culmination of that is definitely not a celebrated exit for a three-time All Star, six-time 40+goal scorer, and once hockey card superstar.

Happy New Year!

Do you remember anything that happened last night?  I'm a little hazy.  

But the better question is, do you remember that time Pat Falloon played for the Penguins??

Go ahead.  I'll wait...



Yeah, I don't either.

Happy New Year everybody!  I hope 2020 will bring great things to you and your families!

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