I'm not referring to our fourteen man shootout last night to win our hockey game against the Rhinos. I'm specifically referring to Ethan's shootout attempt.
As a matter of context, the goalies for each team stopped every single attempt and we literally went through the entire roster of players and came back around until Cody had his second chance, scored, and won. We got to see all kinds of shoot out attempts, ranging from the clearly flawed, to the poorly executed, to the close calls. But the most distinctive shoot out attempt was Ethan's.
The ref dropped the puck at center ice and blew the whistle for Ethan to go. Ethan skated forward and handled the puck. Rather than build up any speed, Ethan pretty much stopped accelerating at the blue line and coasted, puck on stick, slower and slower towards the goalie. As he glided leisurely on a direct path towards the goalie he didn't attempt any of the typical moves to outsmart the goalie. He didn't deke to one side and back or even to one side at all. Once he got within five feet of the goalie, at this point at a snails pace, he raised his stick and set-up a blue-line-worthy slap shot at the goalie from point blank range.
The beauty of this attempt comes from the fact that the goalie had to have experienced a full range of emotions when watching Ethan take his attempt.
At first touch: confidence
Ethan stops skating: joy
Coast slowly at him: confusion
Continues to coast: WTF?
Rears back in a full slap shot: PANIC!
Ethan's shot barely hits his shoulder: relief.
A great game with a great ending.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I am so upset I missed this.
Needless to say I think we can draw the conclusion that Ethan is obsessed with the slapshot.
Post a Comment