The Athletic’s Sean McIndoe discusses “every goalie goal ever scored” in exacting detail this morning, and he gives Chris Osgood’s goal a mediocre grade…Not knowing that the last game PASS didn’t air was the Wings-Whalers game where Osgood scored, yielding clips with either the Hartford Whalers’ call or the Wings’ radio call:
12. Chris Osgood, March 6, 1996
Situation: This one comes with 10 seconds left in a game between a record-breaking Red Wings juggernaut and a Whalers team that was, uh, not that. But it’s also the first goalie goal in almost seven years, and the first that wasn’t scored by Ron Hextall, so there’s a neat “Oh right, that’s a thing you’re allowed to do” factor. 7/10.
Style: Nothing too fancy, but the way Osgood manages to knock down and control the puck with his extended stick is pretty impressive. After that, it’s just about the shot, and he pretty much drills it. 7/10.
Call: We don’t have the whole clip, but what we can hear is fine right up until something that’s only happened three times in history is met with a “You don’t see that too often.” 4/10.
Reaction: The crowd gives it a decent reaction. It’s missing the “Oh wait, is he going to try it?” buzz that really elevates a goalie goal, but that’s understandable given nobody who wasn’t Hextall was expected to try this. 6/10.
Celebration: We don’t see much of it in this clip, but what’s there seems fairly innocuous. I do like that quick shot of guys on the bench laughing at what they’ve just witnessed. 5/10.
Bonus points: Osgood really cluttered up the scoresheet, adding a second-period slashing penalty to his night’s work. Somewhat amazingly, neither of Hextall’s games below included a penalty. +1.
Total score: It’s our lowest-rated goalie goal, but still gets a decent score. Why? Because all goalie goals are awesome. 30/50.
Continued (paywall); again, there’s no Dave Strader/Mickey Redmond call here, nor a Ken Kal/Paul Woods call, so we’re stuck with what we’ve got.
