Happy anniversary to Mike Legg
March 24th, 2016 at 11:00 PM ^
March 24th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
It was unbelievable. All of us with the "did you see that"s and the "oh my god"s.
I had to see it again on Sportscenter to believe it despite seeing it go on the scoreboard.
March 24th, 2016 at 11:15 PM ^
March 25th, 2016 at 12:00 AM ^
March 24th, 2016 at 11:21 PM ^
March 24th, 2016 at 11:34 PM ^
Michigan was on a PP at the time. Miss that, and Minnesota shoots the puck 200 feet to the other end killing tons of time on that PP. Also, you have to make sure you don't somehow take your stick above the cross bar in the process. Go too high, but still use some momentum/centripetal force to keep the puck on the stick and bring it back down, and you've committed high sticking that blows the play dead. The goal itself was amazing. How/when he did it was more than macho.
March 24th, 2016 at 11:48 PM ^
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March 25th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
I was in college when Legg scored that goal - my friends and I used to play pick-up games a few times a month when we could get ice time. For the next 2-3 years, I think every one of us tried that goal WAY too many times to the point that it became predictable when anyone was behind the net. Sadly, I never managed to get one in.
Absolutely awesome goal.
The mid-late 1990's were pretty good times for Michigan sports.
March 24th, 2016 at 11:58 PM ^
IIRC from Blue Ice, it was someone elses move first, but Legg was the first one to bring it to the national attention. People were like "You can do that with a puck?!". Glad it'll always be known as the Michigan goal
March 25th, 2016 at 12:27 AM ^
I think someone for the Detroit Vipers did it a week later. The rumor I hears was that individual had shown it to Legg.
But I should be fact checked. Regularly.
March 25th, 2016 at 12:36 AM ^
outlaw scoring a goal that way? I heard they did away with that.
This was my senior year! Great goal.
This article explains much of the backstory:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/mike-legg--bill-armstrong-…
March 25th, 2016 at 12:15 AM ^
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March 25th, 2016 at 12:18 AM ^
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It's also 15 years since Randy Johnson obliterated that bird. Crazy day for sports highlights!
http://www.newsweek.com/ornithologists-react-time-randy-johnson-hit-bir…
I'm smiling more now than I was 20 years ago listening to the game on my Walkman, because Al and Jim had no freaking IDEA how that goal got scored.
March 25th, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^
that more players dont try this .....especially on power plays when there are instances where there just isnt as much pressure behind the net.....
March 25th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^