The Knees Goal
"The best play I think I've ever seen in hockey was made by [The
Rocket]. Bill Gadsby was a big defenceman in those days, and Ralph
Nattrass was another big defenceman. … Rocket came in from the blue
line and he carried both those guys on his back and then he beat me.
So he beat three of us on the play. The two guys were tugging on him
and hanging onto him all the way from the blue line in. He was on his
knees by the time he got to the net and, so help me, he got the shot
away and put it past me into the top corner. Like I said, that was
maybe the greatest play I ever saw, certainly as a goalie." (Emile
Francis, goalie, Chicago Blackhawks, as told to Dick Irvin, The
Habs)
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