Red Wings prospect Cross Hanas scored a “Michigan” goal last season with the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, but Hanas insisted to Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff that it wasn’t something he’d intentionally planned:
It was more instinctive in that time, because at that moment it just felt like I had the puck for more time than usual behind the net,” Hanas recalled. “No one was really coming at me, so I thought, ‘You know what, I’ll try it.’
“Thankfully it worked out. It would’ve looked pretty dumb if it didn’t work out. I just felt like I had a lot of time there behind the net.
“I saw it a few days before when Zegras and Milano did it, so I thought, ‘you know what? Maybe I’ll try this.’
hat Hanas would be the creator of such hockey magic isn’t at all surprising. After all, 60 of his team-leading 86 points for Portland last season were assists.
“I think of myself as a playmaker,” Hanas said. “I like making plays. Setting guys up is kind of what I find myself enjoying. I’ve been that way my whole life.”
Continued; here’s the goal, via Duff:
📽️ HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT 📽️
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 19, 2021
It's a thing now, and we are here for it.@pdxwinterhawks | #WHLHoN pic.twitter.com/IgOEtogfXD
