Monday, June 30, 2014

Dunc blows one in Vancouver

The Penguins headed west in late November 1977 to face the Vancouver Canucks, and had everything going their way - until disaster struck with eight seconds left. With the Pens ahead by one, Canucks forward Don Lever sent a hail mary shot toward the Penguins goal, which should have been an easy stop for goalkeeper Dunc Wilson. In his own words, Wilson had drifted too far out of his net and allowed the shot to go in on his short side.

Frustrated Penguins coach Johnny Wilson's view of the clunker was obscured by his players getting to their feet, ready to celebrate a win. In the dressing room afterward, he offered his best Yogi Berra-ism: "I've never seen anything like it in my life...And I didn't even see it."

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