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Originally Posted by drewtastic
@CsInMyBlood - that’s one of the best stories I’ve ever read!
I can’t even come close to matching it, but I will say that he was also one of my favourites when I was a kid.
I once made my sister play hockey in the basement with me and we had to choose players to be: she chose MacInnis (because he was a fan fave all pretty much all she knew). I chose Tonelli, because he had recently scored a goal with a slapshot that had gone THROUGH the netting (anybody else remember that?!?). To me, this made him GREATER than MacInnis—did Al ever send a shot THROUGH the net?!? No. But Tonelli did!
He’s one of the big reasons why NYI are my second favourite team. More than worthy of this honour.
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I think Macinnis actually did put one through the net. I believe I remember that play though. Didn’t go through the side netting on the far aside from a sharp angle shot that squeaked though?