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The Minnesota Wild’s top players aren’t necessarily scoring any goals, but their depth certainly is; and their young depth especially, as they got a first career goal on their hands.
In a blaze of offensive firepower from the Wild during the first period against the Ottawa Senators, Calen Addison scores potentially one of the weirder first goals in the NHL.
ANOTHER ONE! 2-0 WILD pic.twitter.com/VdspyN7i2q
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) November 3, 2021
A blast from perhaps the farthest point a shot could be registered in the offensive zone, from just inches inside the blue line, the 21-year-old whips this puck on net and it was ripping through the chilly air fast enough to bounce off a Senators defender, and a la prime Ronaldinho, lob over the goaltender and in the back of the net.
It took enough bounces that it even confused the official team account.
WAIT A MINUTE...
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) November 3, 2021
IT'S THIS GUY WITH HIS FIRST NHL GOAL
CONGRATS @calenaddison!! https://t.co/d6M7azpWq1 pic.twitter.com/Du2OVqaVUF
This goal happened just 27 seconds after the Wild scored the game’s first goal — putting Ottawa in a rapid 2-0 deficit on Tuesday.
The international matchup was just Addison’s fifth regular season game after making his debut in the middle of a COVID crisis in Minnesota last season...and the reason he’s up here now is other non-pandemic related injuries. Hopefully the goal can keep him up with the first team even when the squad is at full health.
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