Goals of the Week Baby.

The Finest in Puck to Net Action from Last Week

All right so clearly I have taken a bit of a long hiatus from writing. The embarassing truth is that I lost my both my thumbs in a "For Keeps" Thumb War Tournament. But not to worry I have grown them back...yes that'll do. Now on to business. The greatest part in hockey is clearly when a player scores a beautiful goal in which he first embarrasses a goalie, does an over zealous celebration and then stands with the rest of his team mates pointing and laughing at the goalie as tears roll down his eyes. That being said let's get into the goals of the week.

Ales Hemsky on Ben Bishop....and half the Lightning Bench.

Okay, so Ales Hemsky got traded from one crappy team to another blah blah blah, its all irrelevant to why he scores this goal, but blog convention dictates etc. Anyway, Ales Hemsky who seems to really only shine here and there but has always been known as a flashy goal scorer, really does his best to embarrass The Tampa Bay Lightning. First he allows Radko Gudas to do his best pylon impression, and then cements Ben Bishop in the crease as he jack hammers home a beauty of a goal, and finishes off this trio of construction analogies. I would like to add that Gudas took home the Oscar for best impersonation of an inanimate object. The video of course does more justice than my words. Enjoy, and remember to use protection kids.

Blake Wheeler on Reto Berra

So the title might be Blake Wheeler on Reto Berra, but that's just cause there isn't enough space to put the names of the fallen Colorado Avalanche players victimized by this goal. The patience in this goal is just amazing as the twenty six year old Wheeler plays an obedience trainer getting every player on the ice to lie down before netting this beauty. As a side note, Blake is on pace for his best season ever leaving him at 65 points in 80 games and the confidence his gained is on display here. The  most enjoyable part of this goal is his chirp session he unleashes as he skates by the Avalanche bench.

Travis Moen on Semyon Varlomov

Last but not least, this nifty little goal by none other than Travis Crosb...er Moen comes of a beautiful diving saucer pass from Brandon Prust. The pass itself is actually just as incredible as the goal because lets face it, when it comes to spinoramas, no one does it better than my man Brian Boitano...he plays hockey right? At any rate its an awesome goal and once again victimizes the Colorado Avalanche.

Until next time....