Dante Fabbro, a and alum, has netted his first goal and point as a NHL player for the .
Fabbro picked up a drop pass at the top of the circles, glided in and snapped a shot top corner past Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Cam Ward乌鸦传媒檚 glove to cut the lead 2-1. It was the first of five unanswered goals that saw the Predators bounce back to a 5-2 win on Saturday.
乌鸦传媒淚 saw (Filip Forsberg) come around and he had got a handle on the puck. I saw a little gap to jump through and I was screaming, luckily he dropped it and it went in. I kind of blacked out there, but it was a good feeling,乌鸦传媒� said Fabbro
The win over the Blackhawks clinched the Central Division championship for the Predators.
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乌鸦传媒淚 honestly didn乌鸦传媒檛 have much going through my mind, I was just pretty amped up about it,乌鸦传媒� said Fabbro to NHL.com about his goal. 乌鸦传媒淭he first guy I saw when I turned around was (Ryan Johansen), so he gave me a big bear hug. It乌鸦传媒檚 such a surreal feeling and I couldn乌鸦传媒檛 have done it with a better group of guys.乌鸦传媒�
Fabbro played in the Predators final four games of the regular season. He said being surrounded by the group of players has been a learning experience and an 乌鸦传媒渦nbelievable feeling.乌鸦传媒�
Predators head coach Peter Laviolette said Fabbro has played really well.
乌鸦传媒淗e has been on the big stage before, just with Team Canada,in college and being a leader with his team in college 乌鸦传媒� I always think it is a little bit more intimidating when you come into a big building like this, it is the NHL, you乌鸦传媒檝e made it to the NHL and you are getting your first game that is a big scenario for somebody but I thought he did a really good job,乌鸦传媒� said Laviolette.
First NHL goal tonight. |
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