On April 15, Nashville's goalie, Chris Mason scored a goal, becoming the ninth goalie in history to score. Technically I would have to say there were nine as of the end of Although never really credited, Gerry Cheevers scored one for the B's in the early '70s.
The first to be credited with actually scoring the goal I mean actually putting it in the net was Ron Hextall on Dec. Two years later Hextall also became the first goalie to accomplish this in the post season. Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. On the play, Smith went down on his knees to make a save and gave up a rebound to his left. The puck made its way to the corner and the Rob Ramage attempted to send the puck back to the point. Ron Hextall, of the Philadelphia Flyers, was the first goalie to score by way of actually shooting the puck on net.
On a dump in by the Boston Bruins, with the goalie pulled, Hextall was able to intercept the puck before it reached the boards. With no Bruins around him, Hextall shot the puck on his forehand at the empty cage and scored.
While playing against the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs, Hextall was able to accomplish the feat again. With just over a minute left in the game the Capitals crossed centre ice and slapped the puck around the boards deep into the Flyers zone. Hextall went behind his net intercept the play, recovered the puck and shot at the empty net. After a cross dump-in attempt by the Whalers, Osgood was able to intercept the puck by laying his shaft down against the ice.
With his two defenders in the way of the nearest opponent and with about 15 seconds left in the game, Osgood shot the puck at the yawning cage. The second and last time so far a goal was scored in the playoffs came from Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. I personally remember watching this goal live on TV as he did it against my beloved Montreal Canadiens. With the score being in favour of the Devils and less than 50 seconds left, the Habs tried dumping the puck around the boards.
In the process, Brodeur was able to stop the puck and fling to the empty net. Damian Rhodes of the Ottawa Senators was credited with scoring a goal against the New Jersey Devils off a broken play. In fact, he made a save off a backhand in the slot and was the last player to touch the puck for the Senators. The Devils managed to recover the puck and a few passing plays later the error happened.
The Devils player tried sending the puck back towards the point - which missed 3 teammates in range, but not the empty net. Marty's second goal came off a Devil's delayed penalty and a forced error against the Philadelphia Flyers. Initially, while in the Devils' zone, the Flyers player tried to pass the puck in the slot area which Brodeur quickly paddled away.
The Flyers recovered the puck, but made an errant pass out of the offensive zone. With enough pressure, the Devils forward was able to force the Flyers player to push the puck into his own empty net. Jose Theodore's goal was scored in a game against the New York Islanders.
With an empty net, the Islanders dumped the puck in around the boards. Theodore was able to intercept the puck and quickly shoot it off his backhand, even with considerable pressure on him. However, he still managed to lob the puck passed everyone into the empty cage. With less than a minute left, the Canucks player backhanded the puck directly towards Nabokov on a dump-and-chase. With zero pressure and an ample amount of time, Nabokov simply shot the puck to an empty Vancouver net and scored.
With an empty net for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Buffalo Sabres were trying to protect a one-goal lead. The Leafs managed to get a shot off Mika Noronen in the slot, but it was stopped a directed into the corner. The Leafs maintained possession with the puck finding its way in back of the net. In the last sequence, the Leafs player tried to make a pass in the front of the net, but the puck made a beeline to the empty cage at his own end.
Martin Brodeur , April 17, -- With his team up by two goals late in a first-round playoff game, the Devils goalie fired the puck the length of the ice and into the net.
It was the second playoff goal ever scored by an NHL goalie, and it came with Damian Rhodes , Jan. With Ottawa leading the New Jersey Devils , , Rhodes was the last Senator to touch the puck before Devils defenseman Lyle Odelein inadvertently shot it into his own net during a delayed penalty.
Rhodes ended up with 30 saves in the win. Martin Brodeur , Feb. Jose Theodore , Jan. The Canadians won, , and Theodore made 32 saves. Mika Noronen , Feb. With about 15 minutes left in the game, the Rockies had possession of the puck during a delayed penalty and pulled Bill McKenzie in favor of an extra attacker. McKenzie was the last Islander to touch the puck before it came out to Rob Ramage, who made an errant pass to the point, which was vacant, and the puck sailed down to the empty net.
Ron Hextall was the first goalie to score a goal by taking a shot. He also scored the second legitimate goalie goal when he scored again a couple years later in the playoffs. With a two-goal deficit, the Bruins pulled Reggie Lemelin in order to gain an advantage. In the waning seconds of the game, the puck came to Hextall from the neutral zone.
He stopped it and took his shot. The rest is history. With time running out, the Flyers found themselves on the penalty kill.
The Capitals decided to make a solid run at trying to catch up the Flyers who were up and pulled Pete Peeters. The Flyers managed to get possession of the puck and passed back to Hextall, who took one look down the ice at his target and let one rip.
The Flyers would win the game and Hextall would become the first goalie to score a legitimate goal in the playoffs. The Whalers pulled Sean Burke and, during the ensuing empty-net sequence, the puck came to Osgood, who saw a golden opportunity, took aim, and fired.
The Red Wings would win Marting Brodeur joined Ron Hextall as the second goalie to score a goal during the playoffs on April 17th, The Canadiens pulled Jocelyn Thibault. The Devils tried to clear the puck and the Canadiens shifted to chase it down, but it was stopped at center ice.
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