Another one from my second year. I had just bought new pads, but for some reason, nobody wanted to shoot at them. In actual fact, the pads helped immensely, and my team got one of its few wins of the season that night.
Also, my right ear got demolished from those two shots (taken during practice), and I – to this day – experience immense pain in loud places.
MJ
Outstanding.
In the words of Bobby Clarke, said to Paul Henderson:
“When my dad was teaching me to play, he told me to always take the first shot *pauses, points* right at the goalie’s head”