Nathan Legare couldn't have picked a better time to score his first pro goal.
It was last Saturday, and the Springfield Thunderbirds had forced overtime with a six-on-five goal in regulation.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton drew a power play 90 seconds into the extra frame, and Legare, Jordy Bellerive, Valtteri Puustinen, and P.O Joseph were on the ice for the second half of the power play.
Joseph was quarterbacking the power play at the point, and Legare was wide open at the top of the left circle. Joseph passed the puck to Legare, and by the time the Thunderbirds defenseman in front of Legare had fully dropped to one knee to block the shot, it was already in the back of the net:
"It was a great feeling, especially for the win," Legare told me in a Zoom call.