Stat of the day, who will it be? Your vote will hold the key. It’s up to you. Tell us who, will be stat of the day. -Community Auditions
Stat of the Day: The Energizer Bunny. Tyler Kennedy. Tyler Kennedy scored at the forty-second mark for the Penguins in their season-opening overtime win over the Senators in Stockholm, Sweden. Big deal you say? Who cares you say? I say, it was the fastest goal from the start of a season in Penguins’ history. Faster than a speeding bullet. Faster than Jaromir Jagr. Faster than Kevin Stevens. And yes, faster than Super Mario himself. Previously, Mario was the only Penguins player to score a goal in the first minute of their season opener.
But hold on folks! Don’t touch that dial! There’s more. Kennedy then scored the game-winner at 4:35 of overtime. Big deal you say? Who cares you say? I say, since the NHL instituted the 5:00 overtime period in 1983-84, only two other players scored a goal in the first minute of the first period and the last minute of overtime in the same game. Just the North Stars’ Dino Ciccarelli and the Sabres’ Ales Kotalik. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Public Spectacle: I know this has nothing to do with the stat except that I mentioned Kevin Stevens’ name. I don’t care. It cracks me up every time I watch it.
Peace out homies. Six two and Even!
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