In light of their 1000th game tonight, this is still one of my favorite Jonny to Patrick passes and game winners (and with a hat trick as icing on the cake). 2013 WCF in double OT to take the series and go on to the SCF (and win it all). Such a great night. I remember watching this live.
Older video game advertisements in magazines have always looked cool. I personally think Haunting Ground's ads didn't capture the feel of the game (compared to other survival horror games' ads like Resident Evil and Silent Hill) - so I tried making my own.
Not to get lost in the narratives and such, but I think it's a wild thing to take a young player with fire in his belly who will be the first to admit that he was never even the best player in his junior teams made it to the NHL it's because he clawed his way thru via any means necessary, and to tell him, I want you to look at this example of all things beautiful about hockey, and do everything exactly as he does it.
And how all of that, instead of breeding resentment can turn into devotion. I'm thinking of faith and how Bergy will be the first to talk about all the ways in which Marchy made his game better, of two people who pushed and balanced and completed each other, who worked so well because they were so different in so many ways, two people who would suck at being each other. And what happens when, you say now you take over. Now you lead, on your own.
And I guess I'm also thinking of that 22 year old with a chip on his shoulder who was told: you will never be the best player on ice as long as he is on the ice, so I want you to be second best.
“At only 23 years old, Jake Oettinger set the franchise record for most saves in a single playoff game. Because he listens to that inner voice. His … motivotter.”