Last night we saw a unique fail in the NHL. Rookie sensation Craig Smith, forward on the Nashville Predators, had a chance to put his team up 4-1 with a minute left in the game and with the Toronto net empty. Well things didn't quite work out.
This wasn't the first time we saw a terrible mistake happen with an empty net. Here are my top 4 fails of all time with the net empty.
4. Philadelphia Flyers
It doesn't look like much but here's what happened. On a delayed penalty, the Flyers pulled their goalie for the extra skater. After a Martin Brodeur save and a few bad Flyer passes, the puck wound up in their own net giving Brodeur (the last player on the Devils to touch the puck) the goal, the second of his career. What makes this fail so unique? Well the Flyers scored again to make the game 3-2 in favour of the Devils but failed to score another. This gave Brodeur the only game winning goal by a goalie ever. Which means the Flyers literally scored the game winning goal off of themselves.
3. Niclas Wallin
This one was probably the worst own goal in NHL history. Although he didn't intend to, it appeared Wallin shot it perfectly into his own net. Their truly was no explanation for it. The goal was credited to Dainius Zubrus. The Hurricanes later came back and won the game.
2. Craig Smith
I decided to put this one at Number 2 and you'll see why momentarily. But Craig was literally four feet away from the net. That means he had to shoot it at a 45 degree angle in order to actually miss it (that's college physics baby.) The Predators scored the empty net goal a little bit later and won 4-1. The funniest part of the play was A) the fact that the fans cheered B) the announcers thought it went in C) the stadium goal spotlights went on D) the goal horn sounded E) the cute embarrassment of an NHL rookie F) seeing his teammates hold in the laughter. The worst part of the play? He's on my fantasy team.
1. Patrik Stefan
This wasn't the first time we saw a terrible mistake happen with an empty net. Here are my top 4 fails of all time with the net empty.
4. Philadelphia Flyers
It doesn't look like much but here's what happened. On a delayed penalty, the Flyers pulled their goalie for the extra skater. After a Martin Brodeur save and a few bad Flyer passes, the puck wound up in their own net giving Brodeur (the last player on the Devils to touch the puck) the goal, the second of his career. What makes this fail so unique? Well the Flyers scored again to make the game 3-2 in favour of the Devils but failed to score another. This gave Brodeur the only game winning goal by a goalie ever. Which means the Flyers literally scored the game winning goal off of themselves.
3. Niclas Wallin
This one was probably the worst own goal in NHL history. Although he didn't intend to, it appeared Wallin shot it perfectly into his own net. Their truly was no explanation for it. The goal was credited to Dainius Zubrus. The Hurricanes later came back and won the game.
2. Craig Smith
I decided to put this one at Number 2 and you'll see why momentarily. But Craig was literally four feet away from the net. That means he had to shoot it at a 45 degree angle in order to actually miss it (that's college physics baby.) The Predators scored the empty net goal a little bit later and won 4-1. The funniest part of the play was A) the fact that the fans cheered B) the announcers thought it went in C) the stadium goal spotlights went on D) the goal horn sounded E) the cute embarrassment of an NHL rookie F) seeing his teammates hold in the laughter. The worst part of the play? He's on my fantasy team.
1. Patrik Stefan
Patrik Stefan is rather synonymous with the word "suck". And this play proves it. He came right in and took his eyes off the puck for a fraction of a second and then swung and miss. And then, in a desperate attempt to redeem himself, he comically slips and gives the puck right to a guy on the Oilers. To make things even better (or worse), the Oilers went right down the ice and scored within the ten seconds they had. The Stars won the game in a shootout but his play will forever be remembered by hockey fans. "Can you. Believe. What we. Just saw?"
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