It was the last week of the NHL regular season. I recall it being a tie-breaker type of situation where total goals (or points) was at stake.
Some team trying to score lots of goals, pulled their Goaltender in the 2nd Period! They ended up giving up several goals themselves before abandoning the idea and playing at regular strength.
I've never been able to find out from any hockey fan when this happened exactly. Or, what teams were involved.
Help!
2007-05-22 08:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by Joe Stemme 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Montreal did it vs. Chicago IIRC, in 1970. They needed to win by an insane margin, like 7 goals.
2007-05-22 09:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Even further back, the New York Rangers pulled their goalie everytime they forced a faceoff in the attacking zone on the last day of the season in 1970. The Rangers won the game, and because of their offensive outburst that day, finished the season with 246 goals, two more than the Canadiens who had 244 goals and an identical 38-22-16 record. The Rangers snuck into the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Division.
2007-05-22 16:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by JWH67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1970 season finale, the Canadiens pulled their goalie several times in the 3rd period and allowed 5 empty net goals in 10-2 loss. They did not pull the goalie in the 2nd period.
2007-05-22 14:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by J Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nashville preditors did this playoffs against the sharks on a 5 on 3
2007-05-22 13:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may have been the canadians who pulled their goalie early.
I dont remember who it was against, but the canadians did not score enough goals to make the playoffs. :)
2007-05-22 11:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by gods creation 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋