Pashin's Lacrosse-Style Goal Highlights Prospects Victory Over Lightning

RALEIGH, NC. -The Carolina Hurricanes put a bow on the 2022 Prospect Showcase Monday with a 5-1 thumping of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Three Things

1) Oops, We Did It Again...

The Canes and Andrei Svechnikov have become synonymous league-wide with the lacrosse-style goal and today Alexander Pashin added to that.
Ahead 3-0 in the middle stages of the second period, the 20-year-old corralled the puck behind the net and tucked it over the blocker-side shoulder of Lightning prospect Hugo Alnefelt for a must-see marker.

2) More For Murray

Each year there's usually one or two players that stand out from their peers at this event and this year one of those names to stick with fans may be Blake Murray.
Sunday afternoon he scored in the third period and then struck for the deciding goal during the three-on-three, then today he followed that up with a goal on the very first shot of the afternoon.
To put the cherry on top, he tucked one home in the shootout as well.
The forward had 35 points in 64 games last season with Norfolk (ECHL) and hopes to build off of that for his second professional season in North America.

3) Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

After starting off the stretch of three games in four days on the wrong end of a 6-1 score, the unit showed lots to like over the final 48 hours of the tournament.
Jamieson Rees had another superb effort in today's victory, totaling an unofficial four points in the form of two goals and two assists.
Goaltender Jakub Vondras played the entire 60 minutes and allowed just one goal, showing a strong bounce back performance after Friday's relief appearance.
Up-and-comers Noel Gunler and Vasily Ponomarev also put their skill on display, keeping themselves in the discussion of players to keep a very close eye on.

They Said It

Chicago Wolves Head Coach Brock Sheahan, offering his opening thoughts following the win:
"We talked about getting better from start to finish and I thought our start was really good in this game. More and more of our game was how we wanted to play."
Sheahan'sthoughts on Pashin's lacrosse-style goal:
"He had a lot of time. It was amazing. I'm not surprised... You have to have the confidence to do it under pressure during live play. It's pretty special. If you watch that replay he put that in a pretty tight window. It was a heck of a play. Not everybody can do that. A lot of guys can these days, for sure, but to be able to do it full speed, with the physicality in the game, it's something."
Jamieson Reesgiving his assessment as a whole with the Showcase coming to a close:
"The Canes play a really fast game. It's really hard to step in and do it right away, but as the tournament went on guys started learning the systems a little bit better and when we were doing it right, it was hard for teams to contain us."

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