‘It feels incredible’: Halifax Mooseheads goaltender scores wonder goal, shocks crowd
Global News
Halifax Mooseheads fans were pleasantly surprised on Friday night as 19-year-old goaltender Mathis Rousseau made history as the first goaltender to score for the franchise.
It’s not every day you see a goaltender put the puck into the back of the net.
Hockey fans who missed the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) action Friday night might’ve thought there was an error when first peeking at the scoresheet. Following Halifax Moosehead’s 6-4 victory over Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, the Herd’s goaltender was credited with Halifax’s sixth goal.
But it was no mistake. Late in the third period, 19-year-old Mathis Rousseau caught the puck, gently placed it ahead of his stick, and lobbed it from one end of the rink to the other directly into an empty net.
In front of a pleasantly surprised crowd of more than 7,500 fans at Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre, the young goaltender from Boisbriand, Que., took the unexpected accolades in stride as he celebrated securing the victory alongside his teammates.
In addition to dazzling fans with his goal, Rousseau will see his name permanently cemented into franchise history as he becomes the first-ever goaltender to score for the Halifax Mooseheads.
Following the game, which saw the Halifax side pick up their seventh win of the campaign, Rousseau said capitalizing on a scoring opportunity was something he wanted to “try all of his life,” but he never thought he’d actually see the day where it’d come to fruition.
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