From an interview with Adrian Aucoin. This part cracked me up
Q&A: Adrian Aucoin, the last NHL player (probably) to use...
Being nicknamed “The Closer” after scoring five consecutive shootout-winning goals in 2010 – Feb. 2, Feb. 5, March 10, March 14, March 21.
We were in Nashville and we went through the first five shooters. Then Tippett, around six, he’s like, “Oakie, you’re up.” And I’m like, “nope.” We got to around eight or nine and he said, “you’re up,” and I’m like, “nope.” I wouldn’t say I’m a shy guy, but being alone in front of 20,000 people to me is not normal. One of the reasons I love hockey more than any other sport is because everybody plays, everybody’s a part of it, you have goalies that help you, D that help you, coaches that help you. If you make a mistake, there’s always someone there to help you out. In the shootout, there’s nobody there but me.
(After agreeing to go in the 10th round), I came down, shot top corner, scored. And it was kind of a big joke. So we win. The next game we go to Chicago … it was a big deal going back to one of your old buildings. Tippett calls me, I go. Same shot – top, glove.
Five game-winners in a row. More than surprising, it was actually just a big comedy for our team. The guys would just love it. Tippett loved it. The coaches loved it. We just thought it was a big joke.
Then the sixth time I went (March 25) he put me in the first three (shooters). I’m not superstitious, but everyone’s like, “you can’t do that.” It was against Pekka Rinne and he’d watched what I did because I scored my first one on him. He literally just stood there with his glove up in the air and I shot it right into his glove. He didn’t even budge.