Afinogenov Performs His Late-Game Heroics Again
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on December 1st, 2009
The Thrashers won a game. The Panthers lost a goaltender.
Max Afinogenov’s goal with 5.5 seconds remaining gave the Thrashers a 4-3 victory over Florida, their fourth straight victory, Monday night. Late-game heroics have become routine for Afinogenov. The game-winner was his 11th goal of the season and eighth in the third period. Five of the late goals have come in the final minute and a half of games.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Afinogenov said. “We are winning games and playing with these guys is unbelievable.”
It wasn’t the Panthers’ night. In a bizarre play early on, Florida’s Tomas Vokoun was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was hit squarely in the head by the swung stick of his own defenseman on a wild evening at Philips Arena.
Florida’s Keith Ballard swung his stick in frustration after an Ilya Kovalchuk first-period goal, striking Vokoun on his mask. Even as the goaltender was falling back into the goal, Ballard swung his stick again, striking the goal post.
Click here to read the full article – By Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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