Player makes sure he doesn't steal teammate's goal, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tight Minnesota Wild hockey game, rookie forward Bolduc (Kirill Bolduc) scores his first goal of the night on the power play, making a nice move to beat the defender and put the puck in the net. Later in the game, Bolduc scores again on the power play, tipping the puck past the goalie for his second goal. As Bolduc looks to complete the hat trick, the puck finds its way toward the open net. Veteran forward Zuccarello (Mats Zuccarello) and another Wild player position themselves to tap the puck in and secure the goal for Bolduc. However, Bolduc makes a deliberate gesture, pulling his stick back to ensure Bolduc gets credit for the goal. "When you have a sitting in the crease like that, I think your first, like, part is to get a work on it. But when it's always going in, I tried to get my stick away from it so yeah," Bolduc explains after the game, acknowledging his intention to let his teammate complete the hat trick. The camera captures the heartwarming moment as Zuccarello and the other player turn back to grab the puck, ensuring Bolduc receives the recognition he deserves. The Wild players and bench celebrate Bolduc's first career hat trick, a testament to the team's camaraderie and support for one another. As the hats rain down on the ice, the camera crew focuses on a lone hat, perhaps missing an opportunity to showcase the team's branding. The ice crew quickly gathers the hats, a brief respite from their usual duties during the television timeouts. The Minnesota Wild's display of sportsmanship and teamwork in this moment highlights the family-like atmosphere within the organization. It's a heartwarming example of players putting their individual achievements aside to ensure their teammate receives the recognition he has earned.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentI've been watching a lot of Minnesota
Wild hockey games and when I say a lot I
mean like three games but I go to ESPN
plus and I just search for a close game
uh it's usually the wild they're in a
lot of close games or maybe I'm just
gravitated towards them this breakdown
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this out so boldies are you rookies like
21 years old this is his first goal in
that game bam nice little move they're
on a power play I think throws on the
brakes stall goes past him spins around
boom first goal thumbs up heads down my
favorite childhood game now this is his
second goal they're on a power play here
he goes to the middle of the ice just
plants his stick tips it right in
another really nice goal he just goes
hey if you put the puck here I'll
probably direct it right there gotta be
strong on the stick gotta be ready to
make that play so boldie oh look at that
this is the whole theme of the whole
damn thing points at his teammate right
away says hey man that was all you
you're the best and I love you that's
the Minnesota Wild hockey nothing but a
family because we're a family anyway
another power play later on he's going
for the hat-trick here he is number 12
passing it around getting in position
feeling the flow so uh Red Wings just
kind of containing maintaining the Wild
on the perimeter on the perimeter
searching for it searching for it
another
that's kind of a it's kind of like a
one-timer but it's more like a tip but
he did kind of shoot it I don't know
watch but it goes in so the puck is on
its Edge and he just it's a redirect and
he redirects it with like a half shot
and somehow it goes in look at this Puck
it's just it's Gonna Roll no it's gonna
flip and flop then it hits the post
Square
ricochets off the post hits the goalie's
leg starts going in starts going in
number 14 wants to poke it and slam it
home pulls his stick back says no I'll
make sure boldie gets that one he needs
the hat trick it's his first ever and
then zuccarelli and I don't know the
guy's name Erickson look at them they
turn around to go make sure they get the
puck before
even celebrate he's a gorilla didn't
even say like good job Erickson did and
they make sure they get the puck because
they know that that's his first career
hat-trick so we'll watch it again
because was he gonna score no
I don't think it was possible that he
would have scored because it was going
in anyway maybe the scorekeeper gets it
wrong and no one corrects it but I think
that's baldi's goal no matter what but
he does pull his stick back emphatically
to make sure nah I'm not gonna take that
from him then he points to him he says
that's all you good job and then he goes
and gets the puck but Zuccarello is like
I got it dude I know too I'm also a good
teammate we're both Minnesota Wild and
we're good teammates so then he gets
high fives Galore and then all the fine
people in Minnesota they get to lose
their hat for the night I always wonder
when you go to a hockey game do you wear
a bad hat on purpose just buy one from
the gift shop then throw it to him
because that's a great racket if NHL
teams are like there's going to be a hat
trick tonight so buy a hat and then they
throw it on the ice and they just resell
it
NHL hockey teams should have like a lost
and found of hats and you just grab one
when you enter and then if there's a hat
trick you throw it lice might break out
but I think that's a good idea and then
the camera crew decides that they really
want to focus on this one hat and I
don't know why
if you're gonna do that camera crew do
one with like some branding on there for
the team or something I don't know what
that hat is there you go should have
focused on that one the entire time they
get to pick up the hats that's probably
a fun little break from the monotony of
their job although the ice crew the
people that come out during TV timeouts
they're like gang and uh Garbage Pail
full of hats they asked them about it
after the game they asked them uh did
you do this on purpose gotta clarify
something for us it looked like on that
hat trick hole that you could have
chipped it in and you pulled your stick
back were you thinking about letting
your friend get the hat trick
yeah I mean when you have a sitting
in the cruise like that I think
your first uh like part is to to to get
a work on it but when it's always going
in I tried to get my sick away from it
so yeah so there you have it Minnesota
Wild a family the only team in the NHL
that support each other
could have taken the goal for himself
didn't let boldie have it his first
hat-trick hats off to him
kind of a pathetic effort by me there
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