Lightning fast!
That’s how quickly you can go from complete obscurity to being featured nationwide on TV, the internet—and even old line media like, say…newspapers.
That was the case yesterday for 9 year old Oliver Wahlstrom from Cumberland, Maine, a junior Portland Pirate who scored an amazing hockey goal in a largely EMPTY TD Bank Garden in Boston in a shootout competition.
Luckily for Oliver, the shot of his young life was being filmed—and the release of this amazing shot has EXPLODED across the media landscape!
Although it happened on October 4th, it wasn’t until Monday that NESN broadcast the clip during a Bruins game. From there, the YouTube hits have skyrocketed and ESPN has jumped on the bandwagon, with hockey stars of today and yesteryear all calling it “amazing”.
Haven’t seen it yet? Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CiYv6R3OOc
The move is called the “Michigan”-after Wolverine Mike Legg scored a variation of this shot during an NCAA game against Minnesota. Legg traveled around the back of the goal with the puck on the end of his stick and flipped it over the goalie’s shoulder.
This head-on variety as performed by Oliver seems a tad more difficult to execute—and a whole lot more fun to watch!
Oliver’s dad is a former U-Maine hockey player who did the pro circuit in Sweden, so the kid comes by it honestly…..SIGN HIM UP!!
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