YYCLetangStan
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Simple question really: in your years watching the Pens, is there a singular goal, moment or play that strikes a chord the most?
For me it’s a random one haha. A goal by Letang in his sophomore season (the first cup in the Crosby/Malkin era) during the 2009 regular season stretch run, against the Dallas Stars on the road. He took a cross-ice pass from Malkin, skated in and deked to go backhand shelf for a pretty goal. Ended up being the GWG and the Pens went a perfect 5-0 or 6-0 on the road trip IIRC.
I’d just gotten into hockey the year before and jumped on the Pens bandwagon. I fell in love with the shot mechanics of the backhand shot and to this day it remains my favourite part of watching hockey, purely from an aesthetic viewpoint.
The fact that Letang, who’d already been my favourite player at that time, had scored that goal in a year where the Pens went on to win the cup always stuck. Also it really displayed just how much untapped skill and potential Letang possessed when he went on to being a Norris-caliber elite all-around defenseman with great production.
Honourable mentions would be Malkin’s spin-o-rama glorious finish against Edmonton in 2016, countless Crosby goals and Kunitz’s 2017 game-winner in the ECF.
For me it’s a random one haha. A goal by Letang in his sophomore season (the first cup in the Crosby/Malkin era) during the 2009 regular season stretch run, against the Dallas Stars on the road. He took a cross-ice pass from Malkin, skated in and deked to go backhand shelf for a pretty goal. Ended up being the GWG and the Pens went a perfect 5-0 or 6-0 on the road trip IIRC.
I’d just gotten into hockey the year before and jumped on the Pens bandwagon. I fell in love with the shot mechanics of the backhand shot and to this day it remains my favourite part of watching hockey, purely from an aesthetic viewpoint.
The fact that Letang, who’d already been my favourite player at that time, had scored that goal in a year where the Pens went on to win the cup always stuck. Also it really displayed just how much untapped skill and potential Letang possessed when he went on to being a Norris-caliber elite all-around defenseman with great production.
Honourable mentions would be Malkin’s spin-o-rama glorious finish against Edmonton in 2016, countless Crosby goals and Kunitz’s 2017 game-winner in the ECF.