[Bill Rapai]
Friday, February 9, 2018
Michigan State 1, #19 Michigan 1 (T, SO W)
1st period
No scoring
2nd period
HUGHES GOAL
MSU 0 UM 1 EV 5:06 Assists: Porikos & N. Pastujov
Nick Pastujov does a really nice job getting to the puck just before it goes out of the zone. He smacks the puck backwards in an effort to get it deep.
Pastujov’s hack ends up being a perfect pass, as the puck lands perfectly on Quinn Hughes’ blade.
Hughes turns on the puck and, upon seeing Ghafari’s stick in his shooting lane, pulls it back and decides to dangle.
Hughes pulls the puck back and shows one of the more intuitive responses I’ve see in the last few seasons. He has a defender in front of him and feels the pressure of the one encroaching from behind, so he counters the pressure by sliding the puck on a diagonal behind himself.
Hughes is able to spin on his right foot and get the back of his blade on the puck with just barely enough of an upward flick to lift the puck over Lethemon’s extended stick.
Hughes pulls off a spin in a phone booth with unreal puck skills, and Lethemon does a good job to even get a stick near the shot.
[After THE JUMP: Quinn Hughes is now illegal in four states]
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