Karl Schmidt writes:
 
>         After watching the replay of this 4 times in the local sports
>         bar (I still think it's the most awesome thing I've ever seen),
>         I went home and tried it in the kitchen (sorry, I didn't make
>         ice on the floor first).
>
>         IF you have enough stick wax on the blade, and IF the blade
>         is flat enough, it is very easy to do this.  Legg must have
>         some special wax (or other substance) that allows him to do
>         this after using the stick for a time on the ice, because
>         the wax gets wet and loses grip (I tried it in my league
>         warmups last night as well).
>
>         After discussing it with a co-worker this morning, an AHL
>         player by the name of Bill Armstrong of the Albany River
>         Rats made this shot famous last season.  It was named the
>         "DO IT" shot, because the crowd would yell "DO IT!" every
>         time he went behind the net.
 
 
    Though I agree with Karl about this being the most amazing shot
I've ever seen, I will say that I see a lot of high school and
college players handle the puck in this fashion during warmups,
and have also seen players pick the puck up in this fashion in the
middle of a game.  At least now anyone showing up for warmups knows
why the players do that.  In basketball the refs would call it
travelling, but in hockey we'd say that it's just another reason why
hockey is the most exciting sport in the world.  (It's also going to
be very interesting to see whether or not USA Hockey, the National
High School Federation, the NCAA or the NHL come up with a rule in
the next year which prohibits players from depositing the puck in the
net in such a manner.
 
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John Hack, SID
UW-Superior
 
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