Heckuva career.
My favorite memory? Not the header. Not the shinpads.
It was the goal in Game 6 against Anaheim when he fought through Getlaf and scored on the backhand.
My favorite Shawsy too - tho shinpads epic no doubt.
Was there game 6 up in the rafters - or at least the UC's version of; bought an SRO ticket at the gate an hour before puck drop. Not saying I had anything to do w/ that win but somehow "Fate" told me I had - HAD - to be there that night.
Watching the video doesn't match my memory tho - me & all the other sardines packed shoulder to shoulder were in the SE corner of the stands, the Hawks coming our way the 1st & 3rd periods. Image stored in my brain is Shawsy skating right at us from the Hawks' end winning a loose puck race but no ... it's Desi dishing it towards the net.
Guess I should never be on a witness stand b/c I'd swear my version what actually happened. ;-)
Whatever tho, the UC did erupt in sheer bedlam Shaw's bagging that insurance marker. We were going back to ANA for game 7 and believe me, EVERYBODY walking down the exit ramps leaving KNEW there was no way the Beloved weren't winning that series.
Big players make big plays and ... for that one ...
Andrew Shaw = legend.
Love for Desi too of course.
Btw, Q had the two of them on the ice the final horn beating Tampa that year for the Cup - please excuse forget the 3rd member that 4th line that night (Hey you already know my memory fuzzy. ;-)
Looks like ol' Andrew made out okay too off the ice - beautiful wife & two kids to here.
Seems a dream life for the guy, he sure earned every shift he ever skated & a pretty girl's heart to boot too.
Good luck is a by product of hard work y'know ... ;-)
GoHawks.
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