I Had a BIG Night

by Brad Lee on Feb 17, 2008 11:55 PM CST

Me and Manny

Dear Ma and Pa,

I told you firing all those pucks at the broad side of the barn back home in Beaverlodge would pay off someday. And like the days when I would hit the barn most of the time, I finally scored my first goal in the NHL tonight. And it only took me 153 games! I'm no Wayne Gretzky or even Brent Gretzky, but to me, that ain't too shabby.

I drove my pickup home as fast as I could. I put some Brooks & Dunn on the stereo and sat down to write you an electronic e-mail just like I do every Sunday night. Now that I'm a goal scorer, everything's better! This deer jerkey is saltier, my PBR colder, my flannel shirt and beat up cowboy boots more comfortabler. It's really, really great.

Well tell all the horses and cows and dogs and chickens and sheeps and stuff that I miss them. I'm going to go to bed now, except tonight I'm going to bed with a goal scorer.

We've got a big game on Tuesday against Chicago. That'll be fun to watch from the press box with the team playing better. I hope they have the good chicken wings on the buffet this time. My little buddy Davie Perron who is French (or maybe Swedish, I'm not sure) will probably be back with me watching upstairs. We'll have fun picking up chicks in the concession stand lines during the game. I let the little foreigner fellar do all the talking, but the chicks will totally score with me now because they know I can.

Hopefully you can catch my highlight on the news or the ESPN if they ever show hockey again.

Your goal scorer,

Matty

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Ok, so first goal in 153rd game. Stat-hounds, how does that compare to the rest of the league? Any interesting historical notes on this too?

by Mr. Particle on Feb 18, 2008 7:51 AM CST reply actions

Hell Yeah! I did push ups the rest of the period I was so pumped for Walker. Love that dude.

by Answer Man on Feb 18, 2008 8:33 AM CST reply actions

he still wants to be traded and now that he has finally scored he thinks he has real value now.

by Chris D. on Feb 18, 2008 9:55 AM CST reply actions

i couldnt find the record for the blues or the nhl when i was looking for it for game time trivia earlier. you would think that would be a team guide/ game day type things the blues would have provided the media, but i heard no media mention the streak.

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 18, 2008 11:02 AM CST reply actions

this is from 2006, i think only deals with active (at that time players) AND is not from the start of their careers. but obviously no walker record

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2658613

Atlanta defenseman Shane Hnidy failed to score a goal thereby extending his goal drought to 200 games, by far the longest current dry spell Nolan Pratt, who is second on the list, has not scored a goal in his last 119 games

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 18, 2008 11:05 AM CST reply actions

Trauma, good find. I was looking for something like that.

I will say that Walker’s streak seems more impressive because those guys only have about one entire season without scoring while Walker has been in NHL games since 03. The only record that Walker may be close to is number of games before scoring first NHL goal, but that could be a lot higher too.