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    Watch Islanders’ John Tavares score OT winner out of mid-air vs. Carolina (Video)

    By Greg Wyshynski | Puck Daddy – Sat, Jan 21, 2012 10:36 PM EST

    Jeff Skinner told the Carolina Hurricanes' broadcasters that he's never seen a player bat pucks out of the air better than John Tavares of the New York Islanders.

    That proved prophetic on Saturday night, as Tavares scored this awesome game-winner in overtime -- deflecting a rebound of his own shot past Cam Ward:

    Thank you, years of lacrosse.

    The Islanders won the game, 2-1, as Tavares scored both goals to give him 19 on the season. He has a 12-game points streak, the longest since Mark Parrish had a 12-gamer early in the 2001-02 season, according to AP.

     

    32 comments

    • Geno
      Geno  •  4 months ago
      BEAST MODE!
    • MarkT
      MarkT  •  4 months ago
      Good Thing ESPN just announced that Tavares isn't one of the top 25 players under 25! BRILLIANT!
      • michael
        michael 4 months ago
        Yeah, but have you seen his CPI?
      • Snostorm
        Snostorm 4 months ago
        yeah classic ESPN drivel. You could argue that he is top 25 in the league regardless of age.
    • Connor
      Connor  •  4 months ago
      training from his uncle, buffalo bandits stud, john tavares
      • ROADIES
        ROADIES 4 months ago
        Wondering if he'll play hockey as long as his uncle is playing lacrosse......JT the lax player is 43 (!!) and he had an EIGHT POINT night this past saturday vs Rochester.
    • Penalty Box Resident
      Penalty Box Resident  •  4 months ago
      #$%$ breaks his stick trying to knock the net loose so the goal won't count. Stay classy Carolina. Does this at least get JT in the top 50 under 25? Lmao.
    • Snostorm
      Snostorm  •  Islip, New York  •  4 months ago
      A star in the making. Ok Snow can we get him some secondary scoring? This kid is for real.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  Montreal, Canada  •  4 months ago
      Okay, he batted it out of the air... no big deal. The real beauty here is Parenteau's backhand pass behind his back. Good vision and play making skills are much too underappreciated.
    • Christopher Sullivan
      Christopher Sullivan  •  Ronkonkoma, New York  •  4 months ago
      No offense to Mark Streit (who I like), but John Tavares is now, by all accounts, the bonafide leader of the New York Islanders. JT is VERY quickly approaching SUPERstardom. As an objective hockey fan, I consider him to be one of the top 10 players in the NHL.
      • Tony
        Tony 4 months ago
        I'm assuming you implied that they should make him the captain.. To which I say Tavares is great but I don't like promoting young guys to team captains that easily how it's lately been around NHL.. More than once it's been a miss and disrupted the players development process or distracted them from what's essential, I'd rather see good, seasoned veterans who have their hockey personas established as team captains.
      • Wrecked07
        Wrecked07 4 months ago
        JT is a little too young to be the "leader". He's still got a few more years to go....
    • me
      me  •  Nanaimo, Canada  •  4 months ago
      .... sort of blink and you miss it eh?
    • Adam
      Adam  •  New York, New York  •  4 months ago
      Tavares = BEAST! Top ten player in the league. This guy has been putting the Isles on his back all year.
      • .
        . 4 months ago
        Top 25 Under 25 for sure, Top 10 in the League? No, sorry.
    • Jack
      Jack  •  Calgary, Canada  •  4 months ago
      they should play this music in Calgary some time.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 months ago
      wow
    • Scott Y
      Scott Y  •  Toronto, Canada  •  4 months ago
      This is not a big deal at all, an average play at best.
      • rick h
        rick h 4 months ago
        It impresses the Americans lol lol
    • CANADIAN REDNEX
      CANADIAN REDNEX  •  Burlington, Canada  •  4 months ago
      What the hell is so special about this goal??? it happens all the time.
    • Mike
      Mike  •  Schenectady, New York  •  4 months ago
      Definitely one of the top 26. Longest point streak of any player this season, 12th in the league in points, and the center of the only line in the east with 40+ points each (well, PA switched lines less than a month ago). Eh, he's not even that good. Stone hands.
    • Sara
      Sara  •  Kitchener, Canada  •  4 months ago
      So this has what to do with lacrosse? Maybe baseball, did he play baseball?
    • The Bailiff
      The Bailiff  •  4 months ago
      Islanders should have to score twice in OT when wearing those hideous jerseys.
    • Durno
      Durno  •  4 months ago
      Sweet goal. Those uniforms are horrible.
    • DuMmY
      DuMmY  •  4 months ago
      Burn those jersey's just like they burned my eyes.
    • Tony
      Tony  •  4 months ago
      Great stuff by Tavares - ha sounds like I'm talking about disco - but no the only thing that belongs to a disco floor is that horrid 3rd jersey.
    • pablo
      pablo  •  4 months ago
      gee, it is a 50-50 chance....so what is so amazing about it?
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