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In his fourth NHL game, New York Islanders rookie Joshua Ho-Sang has scored his first NHL goal.
It came at 17:23 on a first-period power play, via an absolute cannon blast from the point to the top corner on Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot. Thomas Hickey served it up on a tee for Ho-Sang. Andrew Ladd retrieved the milestone puck.
Another angle:
Josh Ho-Sang’s first NHL goal is a beauty pic.twitter.com/VBuJQM5m8X
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 8, 2017
And a big one. Check out the Super Mario Bros-style celebration.
With Ho-Sang “controversial” (to people in one corner of Pennsylvania) due to his uniform number, and much-anticipated elsewhere due to his interesting skill set, reaction was swift in the Twittersphere:
Congrats on your first @NHL goal @66jhosang! #Isles pic.twitter.com/Yj2UmQdXNM
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 8, 2017
Only 689 more to catch that Lemieux guy.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) March 8, 2017
Talbot will be the answer to a trivia question about the greatest 66 of all time.
— Rookie Example (@KeithLHHockey) March 8, 2017
How long before the Brooklyn hipsters start making this look a thing? #Isles pic.twitter.com/DiebH5bHB5
— IslesBlog (@IslesBlog) March 8, 2017
Update: Ho-Sang’s goal wasn’t the game-winner (and Anders Lee scored twice including the empty-netter to seal it), but the rookie gets the Islanders’ post-game jacket as the player of the game after a 4-1 win over the Oilers.
Player of the game jacket goes to this guy! @66jhosang #Isles pic.twitter.com/Invq7FicOY
— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) March 8, 2017