Sometimes, big moments just take a while. Just ask Nathan Walker.
Seven years after being selected 89th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft, the journeyman St. Louis Blues winger scored three goals in a game against Detroit last night. He had three total goals in the big leagues before the puck dropped at The Enterprise Center.
When the second goal went in, Walker’s smile beamed so wide across the ice, that every problem and struggle with the team disappeared for a few seconds. By the time the third and final score of the night for the 27-year-old went in, the experience had become sacred.