From now on, we can call this one the self-pitch.
Anybody who has ever played baseball has likely self-pitched before, but it’s much less common on the rink. Considering you can’t use your hands, it’s a little more difficult to execute, but Lakehead University’s Grant Valiquette found a way.
Not only was he able to flick the puck up in the air and bat it in past the goalie, but it was a shootout winner as well.
Is this the best shootout move of 2017?
We think that title still belongs to Pavel Datsyuk, who added another signature move to his highlight tapes in the KHL All-Star skills challenge. Still, you have to give Valiquette credit for pulling the move off in a crucial moment like that.
