Kent Johnson scores a spectacular "Michigan goal"
Today is the 27th anniversary of the "Michigan goal." Tonight, rookie Kent Johnson, the 5th overall pick from our Wolverines, scored a spectacular Michigan! In Columbus, too!
Who's got it better than us!?
https://www.nhl.com/video/johnsons-lacrosse-style-goal/t-277350912/c-16163444
March 24th, 2023 at 10:39 PM ^
Awesome, thanks for sharing. Wonderful symmetry.
March 24th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
March 24th, 2023 at 10:48 PM ^
I've always called it a "Legg Goal". I was at Yost a few years ago and they brought him back for a reunion and he picked up the puck like that and shot it all the way down the rink through the little hole in the score-O thing. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it.
March 24th, 2023 at 10:50 PM ^
I saw that! Ridiculous!
I like when it's called the Michigan, it drives my friends in Minneapolis crazy and has to help with recruiting!
March 24th, 2023 at 10:51 PM ^
I saw that! Ridiculous!
I like when it's called the Michigan, it drives my friends in Minneapolis crazy and has to help with recruiting!
You were there? Wow, congrats to you. What's even more incredible is that Marty Turco and Brendan Morrison both scored prior to Legg to make it a trifecta (keep in mind that while Morrison was the Hobey Baker winner back in '96, Turco was the goalie). Seriously, the video is jaw-dropping. I think my favorite part is Legg blowing kisses to the crowd as he rides off on Turco's and Morrison's shoulders:
That’s fucking hilarious and awesome.
Morrison was the Hobey Baker winner in 1997.
March 24th, 2023 at 10:56 PM ^
How great is the plethora of camera angles.
March 24th, 2023 at 11:08 PM ^
Not sure I've seen anyone do that so fluidly. Beautiful
March 24th, 2023 at 11:14 PM ^
As a subscriber to The Hockey News, every time someone does this type of goal or they talk about this type of goal, they always call it The Michigan. Officially it’s called a lacrosse goal but nobody really calls it that when it happens
I don’t know if Mike Legg was the first to do this type of goal but he made it famous
March 24th, 2023 at 11:20 PM ^
Bill Armstrong invented it but you're right that Legg popularized it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_goal
March 24th, 2023 at 11:47 PM ^
Legg did it in the NCAA tournament, so on a big stage.
March 24th, 2023 at 11:39 PM ^
NHL Tonight just teased it up: “…and we got a MICHIGAN GOAL”
Edit: “…it might be the best MICHIGAN GOAL I’ve ever seen in the NHL. Top 10 goal this year”
March 25th, 2023 at 12:56 AM ^
Called the "Michigan Goal" on Sportscenter, too! I love hearing that!!
Congrats, Kent - a spectacular play all around!
March 24th, 2023 at 11:50 PM ^
Such a wonderful thing to see but especially since it happened in Columbus and was scored by a Michigan player Kent Johnson.
I may end up watching it about 45-23 more times...
That sounds about the right number of looks.
March 24th, 2023 at 11:56 PM ^
“The Michigan” goal scored was amazing. Nothing else to say. Go Blue.
March 25th, 2023 at 12:06 AM ^
I love that they have to refer to Michigan in Columbus for the next couple of days.
March 25th, 2023 at 12:45 AM ^
Say ‘Mike Legg’ to any Michigan fan and we remember one thing. Call it a “Michigan” or whatever, we all know better.
That's what the announcers (one of them a Michigan alum) on the Colgate game were saying last night. In Michigan, it's the Legg goal; rest of world... Michigan goal. ESPN 2 must have shown it 3-4 times from the second intermission through commercial breaks.
That was tasty.
Great goal. And the move to elude defenders was very nice!
Poetry.
March 25th, 2023 at 10:23 AM ^
27 years ago?!? Fuck, I’m old. I remember when Legg did that.
March 25th, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
I feel dirty just typing this, but I kinda hope the Blue Jackets get Bedard.
March 25th, 2023 at 12:24 PM ^
Why do you hate Bedard?
I hope Columbus gets Fantilli. I’d love to see Fantilli with Johnson and Blanks for years (though seeing Fantilli go to Chicago and age with Nazar would be sweet too).
March 25th, 2023 at 12:54 PM ^
In the NHL, some were beginning to call it the Zegras Goal after Trevor Zegras of the Anaheim Ducks whose "lacrosse goal" on this play was disallowed for offsides. It would've been his third Michigan Goal of his NHL career.
FUN FACTS: Trevor Zegras played one season at Boston University before turning pro with the Ducks. Current Boston University senior Wilmer Skoog who is undrafted by NHL teams has scored four Michigan Goals during his collegiate career. LINK Start at about 1:30 of this clip to see Skoog score one of his Michigan Goals.
LINK to another one of Wilmer Skoog's Michigan Goals that the announcer called a "Skoog".
WILMER SKOOG, FOREVER A LACROSSE LEGEND!https://t.co/myMwabnPJ0@hockey_east | @espn | @NESN pic.twitter.com/pu13HH7GBH
— BU Men's Hockey (@TerrierHockey) November 12, 2022
I'm surprised they haven't made it against the rules. 'Travelling', lol
I feel a bit bad for Bill Armstrong who was the first guy to do it. He just never did it anywhere people were watching.
The fact that Legg has the balls to bust that out in an NCAA tournament game is insane.
What a hat trick! It’s the most amazing play I think I’ve laid eyes on in sports.