yeah, there's no way he invented it but hooray for "new hockey"! now they just need to make the nets bigger so that people who check out a game because of this shot won't go "oh, i guess i'll just stick to highlights."

Good taste Ollie.....
Any chance you could drop by a Red Wing practice and go over some simple defensive schemes?

Graham James crashed ESPN's server watching that video over the weekend.
Too soon?

Definitely HotStacey:
Bigger nets, olympic sized rinks and no more offsides and icing.

How many of these shots in the NHL has anyone seen not go in because the net was too small?

god im sick of this kid already. what we need is a 9 yr old pronger to elbow him in the head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn9BT7pkQR8
This kid gets all the press, but it's a repeat. Max Gerlach, a nine-year-old, pulled this move two years ago.

no, i'm saying that normal, non-hockey dork people may check out a Bruins game because of this shot and once they watch they'll inevitably see a chess match on ice and go "hmmm...so people actually watch this? weird."

stay away from my sport mainstream america

The reason this shot has been highlighted is because of its rarity, a fact not lost on any spectator. (although if anyone were to attempt this shot in an actual game I'm sure at least 18 out of 20 times the shooter gets put right on the ice before he gets the shot off, 1 out of 20 is a shaky shot, and the last attempt is stopped by the goalie). The non-hockey spectator can watch the All-Star game and skills competition every year, too, but I don't think they're so stupid as to think that's what goes on in an actual game. If the NHL needs more fans, condescending to them is the surest way not to get them.

lol @ 9 yr old pronger elbow

lol--exactly: a pronger elbow is just what would happen if any NHLer skated into the slot to try this shot.
Good for the kid, though--revealed in the ESPN video that he only succeeds at it 1 out of 20 times. He's got a lot of guts to even try the move, as Melrose says.

lol--exactly: a pronger elbow is just what would happen if any NHLer skated into the slot to try this shot.
Good for the kid, though--revealed in the ESPN video that he only succeeds at it 1 out of 20 times. He has got a lot of guts to even try the move, as Melrose says.

(sorry--double post)

This is ridiculous, tons of kids can do this move nowadays. Guys were pulling this shot off well over 10 years ago. It has definitely been proliferated by the advent youtube. Didn't some kid make headlines last year in canada over the exact same shot? It would be impressive if he did it during a shootout in front of 20,000 people, or in an actual game. This is only slightly better than him doing it while messing around on a backyard rink

First saw the move 14 years ago in the old NECDL league done by a guy from St Sebbys, took me about 2 months to master it, so this kid definitely didn't "invent" it, but impressive nonetheless from a 9 year old as it takes a good amount of leveraging skill and forearm strength to pull off.
On another note, I too agree with the "Pronger" comment. The more impressive shootout move is the "behind the back" such as Schremp's last move in this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwovbIyPYJk), which I saw an 11 yr old pull off. And don't ask why I was watching 11 year olds.

not really. may see this and go "hey, maybe i should watch hockey." then they'll turn it on and see a soccer game.
if he only gets one out of 20 then that's probably because he's NINE and isn't very good at it yet. i and almost anyone else good at this can pick up the puck every time without fail and then do whatever they want with the puck. i did the "michigan move" last night in a real game and again last wednesday in a game. it's not hard. no one is suggesting that this 360 can be done regularly in a real game (even though there already players that DO do it in real games) and no one ever said that. it COULD be done on a shootout. i have no idea why all troglodyte hockey fans read what i say then then immediately go "oh yeah!? well, i'd knock his ass out!!.....and as for scoring - yeah, why not just have all the games be 100 to 94?!?"

yeah kids have been doing that exact same shot at least since i played as a teenager over 10 years ago (before this kid was born). its not even that hard.

Not suggesting anyone needs to exact any sort of revenge for such a move, but I am saying that in the NHL you'd likely be laid out before you got a chance to execute it. What players are doing this in the NHL on any sort of frequency besides rare? Yeah, it could be done on a shootout (I think there's a good reason why it is not), but we haven't been talking shootout here. We're talking about in an actual game (which you started by suggesting the thing about the nets; question still applies). About the chess match comment: isn't baseball a chess match? how about football strategy? People in the U.S. love those games, even when they are low scoring. (see Yankees 4-3 win from last Saturday.). The point overall is that there are many wonderful things about the game of hockey that many non-hockey fans appreciate besides rare trick plays. In fact, whenever I've brought any of my non-hockey fan friends to see an actual live game, they were not won over by the scoring or the skills. What impressed them was the atmosphere and the speed of the game, as well as the danger that comes with that speed. They liked the sounds of the puck and the banging of the boards. They had a few questions about the rules and what are those lines on the ice, but for the most part they just realized that they loved live hockey, but still didn't get the thrill from watching on tv. Now, with HD, it has become easier for casual fans to appreciate the game because the puck is more visible and the increased viewing size and widescreen format allows for a greater view of the ice allowing the speed to be more evidently displayed.

So will Don Cherry give him the smack down like he did Sidney?
Cant wait.............

YouTube origin revealed...! No Schremp cocktail, though. Just another 9-year old from 2 winters ago in Dallas, TX (OTT@DAL in Dec. 2007) - Max Gerlach wowed the crowd with this during one of the intermissions. Unlike the little fella repeating it, Max had to do this in front of the Melrosian-packed-rink. I think it was during the first intermission if I remember right. I was there and the crowd went nuts. It was great to watch this little guy do this under the pressure of the 'game' environment. And whether you say 'awesome' or 'circus', the future of hockey looks pretty nice from these seats when 9-year olds are attempting such moves and at least demonstrating serious puck control...good for both of them and good for hockey - see the original here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn9BT7pkQR8

I have coached probably 20 kids that attempt this in practice 5x a week.; Go watch a squirt drop in sometime, you will see half of them doing this, have been since the UM scoop goal.
Honestly have no idea why this got the attention it did besides someone has a media director pushing traffic to it.

Roenick on his website mentioned that he called the kid so that must've been great for him

yes, no one ever mentioned the NHl no one has. i have no idea why this keeps getting brought up. the only person that mentioned it was me when i said that it COULD be done in a SO. and yes, baseball, golf, etc. are boring and that's exactly why i want hockey to NOT be boring. bottom line is when you're watching a game are you actually paying attention to everything or are you watching unconsciously and then when someone scores u start cheering? i doubt many hockey fans are familiar with neuroscience but it's highly unlikely anyone is bothering to pay any meaningful attention to the game while they're batting the puck around. it's much more likely that you're simply tracking the play and when someone scores or gets injured then it kicks up to conscious thought. this is what we need more of: "notable moments." otherwise let's just pay robyn regehr and boyd deveroux to pass the puck around, block shots and interfere with each other. i'd bet brain activity during and game would be QUITE revealing. do an fMRI on a person watching a 1-0 game and i'd bet there'd be about as many "spikes" of activity as there were on the I-94 drive to the Joe. there's a reason why many fans get up and get food DURING the game and are on their phone DURING the game and why i watch games on mute while on my laptop.