Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard is already dwelling as much as the lofty expectations positioned on him when he was drafted first-overall within the 2023 NHL Draft. He has 12 targets and 17 assists on the season, via simply 32 video games, and is proving to be a dynamic participant within the offensive finish.
What he did on Saturday evening will solely add to the rising legend.
With the Blackhawks trailing the St. Louis Blues 1-0 early within the first interval, Bedard was in a position to stage the rating.
With a “Michigan” aim:
Bedard places the puck on his stick and lifts it up, wrapping it round into the highest shelf for the game-tying aim. This replay angle is certainly price a glance:
The transfer is usually termed a “Michigan” aim in reference to Mike Legg, a participant on the 1996 College of Michigan hockey group. In the course of the 1996 NCAA hockey event, Legg scored a aim towards MInnesota, turning into the primary hockey participant to make use of the transfer and rating in a recreation.
The primary NHL participant to attain a Michigan aim was Andrei Svechnikov, who scored a Michigan aim of his personal for the Carolina Hurricanes towards the Calgary Flames throughout the 2019 season.
