Hockey’s New Wave: The Young Superstars Taking Over the Game
That goal ended up being the game winner as Vancouver held off Boeser’s hometown Wild 4 2 It was the perfect way to cap an incredible night for Boeser and his family
But that was only the beginning Boeser in eight more games with the played Canucks at the end of the 2016 17 season and added three more goals He made the NHL look easy practically The following year Boeser showed that he was not only a flash in the pan He scored 29 goals and had 55 points in 62 games in his first NHL season Even though Boeser missed 20 games that season due to an injury he finished tied with the legendary Daniel Sedin for the team’s scoring lead Boeser also finished second in the voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy given to the league’s top rookie
event the during One of the real highlights of Boeser’s first full season in the NHL came when he was selected for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game Given his goal-scoring prowess he was selected to compete in the shooting accuracy skills competition which puts the top players to the test The object of the event is to hit five targets as quickly as possible Each player is timed Boeser has always had a great shot thanks to years of repetition But performing in front of a sold-out Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay in addition to many people watching from home was a new kind of pressure Plus the 20-year-old’s competition included some of the very best
goal scorers in the game including Sidney Crosby Anze Kopitar Steven Stamkos Blake Wheeler Brad Marchand and James Neal Oddly it was New Jersey Devils forward Brian Boyle who wasn’t much of a prolific goal scorer setting the standard with hitting all five targets in 11.626 seconds When it was Boeser’s turn he calmly skated to the spot and then methodically started hitting targets He missed about three times but in 11.136 seconds Boeser had hit every target He also shot the puck so hard on his final attempt that he broke the target that was equipped with sensors and LED lights It was one of the most impressive moments of the entire skills
