This is why I love hockey

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Re: This is why I love hockey

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OruchiSavage wrote:


See I don't understand. That doesn't look incredible or anything to me.
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.curve wrote:
OruchiSavage wrote:


See I don't understand. That doesn't look incredible or anything to me.

Well it's not a video game, doesn't need flashy animations and triple back flips to make it awesome. Backhands goals aren't the easiest thing to do.
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.curve wrote:
OruchiSavage wrote:


See I don't understand. That doesn't look incredible or anything to me.


He shoots it on his backhand, essentially backwards, from the other side of the ice over the goalie's shoulder into a hole about the size of your palm; while being chased down by defensemen.
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.curve wrote:
OruchiSavage wrote:


See I don't understand. That doesn't look incredible or anything to me.

Because you obviously do not know how much skill that requires to shoot backhand accurately, and the goalie trying to cut down the angle so the player sees less net.

EDIT: Funny how three of us pounced on this.

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Here's what the angle would have looked like:

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@dom also a player in there blocking some of the shooting lane too.

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