Has a goalie ever scored on a non-empty net?

[Smerri1029]

I know there have been plenty of goals from goalies scored on empty nets, but has a goalie ever somehow scored when the opposing teams net minder was on the ice?

[Killah_punk]

Yeah i've seen it happen in NHL 96.

[Springinotic078]

Originally Posted by Killah_punk

Yeah i've seen it happen in NHL 96.

NHL '94 also lol

YouTube - NHL 94 goalie scores

As for in an actual game, never seen it.

[paint huffer]

Originally Posted by Springinotic078

NHL '94 also lol
YouTube - NHL 94 goalie scores

As for in an actual game, never seen it.

I had the computer's goalie score against mine in NHL '94!

And I also agree with you in that, oustide of the video game world, I've never heard of it happening with a goalie still between the pipes either. And if it has happened, I'd have to imagine he would only have been credited with the goal (as the last one to touch it and a defender screwing up) as opposed to his actually having shot the puck past the opposition goalie.

[bigjohnson]

Interesting thread. I highly doubt it has ever happened.

But, this could have been a goalie rather than a D-man. All it takes I a brutal hop...

YouTube - TOSKALA lets in worst goal in history

[skacore]

i was playing AA when i was about 13 and the other team's goalie scored on my goalie 5 hole.. our goalie went to shoot it out and his stick broke at the knob and his stick just collapsed and it trickled in...it was bad at the time, like semi finals of a tourny in the 3rd

[D Y B FLYERS]

Haha that Toskala goal always cracks me up. He had to feel like the biggest goof in the world at that moment.

[CairnsisGod]

Originally Posted by D Y B FLYERS

Haha that Toskala goal always cracks me up. He had to feel like the biggest goof in the world at that moment.

I was at that game. I remember because I am pretty sure it was the only goal the Isles scored in that game.

[44_]

Hahaha that goal on Toskala was probably the closest thing to a goalie scoring on a goalie.

[Maggie3and Me]

Thought you guys might like to see this. Hope it helps
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NHL goalie goals

he following is a list of all the NHL goalie goals, when they were scored, who did it, and the circumstances surrounding it.

* Billy Smith - New York Islanders - November 28, 1979: While playing the Colorado Rockies in Denver, an errant pass by Rockies defenseman Rob Ramage went down the length of the ice and into his own net. The puck had deflected off of Smith's chest and into the corner where Ramage had scooped it up. It was indeed a delayed penalty situation early in the third period. This made Smith the first goalie to be credited with a goal. It was originally given to Islanders defenseman Dave Lewis but it wasn't until the tape was reviewed after the game that it was determined that Billy Smith was actually the last Islander to touch the puck. New York still lost 7-4.

* Ron Hextall - Philadelphia Flyers - December 8, 1987: While facing off against the Boston Bruins on their home turf, the Flyers were the first team to have a goaltender shoot and score a goal. Ron Hextall made NHL history when the Bruins had their goaltender pulled for the extra attacker: Boston sent the puck into their offensive zone, but Hextall was the first player to get to it. He realized the golden opportunity and whacked it down the ice and into the net. You can see a video of it here.

* Ron Hextall - Philadelphia Flyers - April 11, 1989: Ron Hextall also becomes the first NHL goaltender to shoot and score a goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs on this night against the Washington Capitals. Again, while the oppositing goalie was pulled in favor of the extra attacker Hextall sailed another puck down the ice and into the empty net.

* Chris Osgood - Detroit Red Wings - March 6, 1996: While playing the Hartford Whalers in Hartford Chris Osgood became the third goalie in NHL history to get credited with a goal. But as with Hextall's goals, he shot and scored it into the empty net at the other end of the ice himself. You can see a video of it here.

* Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils - April 17, 1997: Brodeur picked a good time to become the fourth goalie with a goal. In Game One of the conference quarterfinal playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens (in New Jersey), late in the game with the Habs down 4-2 they pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. He fired the puck down the ice and into the net and the Devils took the game 5-2. You can see a video of it here.

* Damian Rhodes - Ottawa Senators - January 2, 1999: Damian Rhodes became the fifth goaltender to get credited with a goal and the first to do it in a shutout victory against none other than Martin Brodeur and the Devils. With Brodeur pulled for the extra attacker during a delayed penalty and the Sens up 1-0, defenseman Lyle Odelein tried to pass the puck back to the blue line, but it eluded Scott Niedermayer and Dave Andreychuk and went down the ice to give Ottawa a 2-0 lead. Rhodes ended up with 30 saves in the 6-0 win.

* Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils - February 15, 2000: Brodeur became the second goaltender to score two goals and the first to have a game-winning goal on this night versus the Philadelphia Flyers. Like Rhodes and Smith, he didn't shoot it this time, but was credited with the goal as being the last Devil to touch the puck as it was knocked in by a Flyers player during a delayed penalty.

* José Théodore - Montreal Canadiens - January 3, 2001: In Montreal, Théodore became the second goaltender to score a goal and get a shutout when he was just trying to clear the puck from the defensive zone with an innocent flick of his stick. The puck drifted all the way down into the empty net which had been vacated by Islanders goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck. He wasn't even trying to score! That year he earned him the Vezina Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy. You can see a video of it here.

* Evgeni Nabokov - San Jose Sharks - March 10, 2002: On this night Nabokov, while playing against the Vancouver Canucks on their home turf, became the first NHL goaltender to score a power play goal and the first European goaltender to score a goal. From the top of his own crease he sent the puck down the ice into an empty Vancouver net with 47.2 seconds remaining in the Sharks' 7-4 win. You can see a video of it here.

* Mika Noronen - Buffalo Sabres - February 14, 2004: What a Valentine Maple Leaf skater Robert Reichel gave Noronen when he passed it to the point on a delayed Sabres penalty, missing everybody with the errant pass but his own net. There doesn't apear to be a video of this but this is a funny Noronen moment worth taking a look at.

* Chris Mason - Nashville Predators - April 15, 2006: When he was starting because the Predators' #1 goalie Tomas Vokoun was out for the year with a blood condition, Mason was credited for a goal when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net midway through the third period on a delayed penalty. In response to the goal, Mason said, "It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it." Nashville won that night 5-1.

[BlackgoldBears]

Never heard of it in the NHL, but I'm sure it has happened on the College/Minor league level.

[dipandmitts]

Originally Posted by Maggie3and Me

Thought you guys might like to see this. Hope it helps
Quote:

NHL goalie goals

he following is a list of all the NHL goalie goals, when they were scored, who did it, and the circumstances surrounding it.

* Billy Smith - New York Islanders - November 28, 1979: While playing the Colorado Rockies in Denver, an errant pass by Rockies defenseman Rob Ramage went down the length of the ice and into his own net. The puck had deflected off of Smith's chest and into the corner where Ramage had scooped it up. It was indeed a delayed penalty situation early in the third period. This made Smith the first goalie to be credited with a goal. It was originally given to Islanders defenseman Dave Lewis but it wasn't until the tape was reviewed after the game that it was determined that Billy Smith was actually the last Islander to touch the puck. New York still lost 7-4.

* Ron Hextall - Philadelphia Flyers - December 8, 1987: While facing off against the Boston Bruins on their home turf, the Flyers were the first team to have a goaltender shoot and score a goal. Ron Hextall made NHL history when the Bruins had their goaltender pulled for the extra attacker: Boston sent the puck into their offensive zone, but Hextall was the first player to get to it. He realized the golden opportunity and whacked it down the ice and into the net. You can see a video of it here.

* Ron Hextall - Philadelphia Flyers - April 11, 1989: Ron Hextall also becomes the first NHL goaltender to shoot and score a goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs on this night against the Washington Capitals. Again, while the oppositing goalie was pulled in favor of the extra attacker Hextall sailed another puck down the ice and into the empty net.

* Chris Osgood - Detroit Red Wings - March 6, 1996: While playing the Hartford Whalers in Hartford Chris Osgood became the third goalie in NHL history to get credited with a goal. But as with Hextall's goals, he shot and scored it into the empty net at the other end of the ice himself. You can see a video of it here.

* Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils - April 17, 1997: Brodeur picked a good time to become the fourth goalie with a goal. In Game One of the conference quarterfinal playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens (in New Jersey), late in the game with the Habs down 4-2 they pulled their goalie for the extra attacker. He fired the puck down the ice and into the net and the Devils took the game 5-2. You can see a video of it here.

* Damian Rhodes - Ottawa Senators - January 2, 1999: Damian Rhodes became the fifth goaltender to get credited with a goal and the first to do it in a shutout victory against none other than Martin Brodeur and the Devils. With Brodeur pulled for the extra attacker during a delayed penalty and the Sens up 1-0, defenseman Lyle Odelein tried to pass the puck back to the blue line, but it eluded Scott Niedermayer and Dave Andreychuk and went down the ice to give Ottawa a 2-0 lead. Rhodes ended up with 30 saves in the 6-0 win.

* Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils - February 15, 2000: Brodeur became the second goaltender to score two goals and the first to have a game-winning goal on this night versus the Philadelphia Flyers. Like Rhodes and Smith, he didn't shoot it this time, but was credited with the goal as being the last Devil to touch the puck as it was knocked in by a Flyers player during a delayed penalty.

* José Théodore - Montreal Canadiens - January 3, 2001: In Montreal, Théodore became the second goaltender to score a goal and get a shutout when he was just trying to clear the puck from the defensive zone with an innocent flick of his stick. The puck drifted all the way down into the empty net which had been vacated by Islanders goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck. He wasn't even trying to score! That year he earned him the Vezina Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy. You can see a video of it here.

* Evgeni Nabokov - San Jose Sharks - March 10, 2002: On this night Nabokov, while playing against the Vancouver Canucks on their home turf, became the first NHL goaltender to score a power play goal and the first European goaltender to score a goal. From the top of his own crease he sent the puck down the ice into an empty Vancouver net with 47.2 seconds remaining in the Sharks' 7-4 win. You can see a video of it here.

* Mika Noronen - Buffalo Sabres - February 14, 2004: What a Valentine Maple Leaf skater Robert Reichel gave Noronen when he passed it to the point on a delayed Sabres penalty, missing everybody with the errant pass but his own net. There doesn't apear to be a video of this but this is a funny Noronen moment worth taking a look at.

* Chris Mason - Nashville Predators - April 15, 2006: When he was starting because the Predators' #1 goalie Tomas Vokoun was out for the year with a blood condition, Mason was credited for a goal when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net midway through the third period on a delayed penalty. In response to the goal, Mason said, "It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it." Nashville won that night 5-1.

thnx for the research maggie, great stuff !!!

[tyler1]

I think that Mason (CBJ) tried last night against LA.

attempted bank shot that went into the crowd.

delay of game call that resulted with 6 on 4.

the last 10 secs were interesting.

[YO-EL]

He was centered on the puck like a baseball player, so if it bad hopped it would hit his chest, but that puck hopped & took like a 90 degree bounce to his left..

No chance..

[staal4pm]

Originally Posted by Killah_punk

Yeah i've seen it happen in NHL 96.

This is a post for the ages. Maybe the best comment I've ever seen on this site. I think this is the first time I've let out an audible chuckle at something I've read up here. Very well done.

The goalies in NHL 94 let in some absolutely atrocious goals. One time, while playing with the Kings, Kelly Hrudey let in not one but TWO goals through his five-hole from the opposing team's goalie. These things would be skittering along the ice slower than the skaters were skating and it would trickle in. Beyond frustrating to me. I've seen it happen on that game probably more times than I can count on both hands. But then again, I played that game A LOT. Even though it didn't have fighting, it's still my all-time favorite hockey game.

And I had forgotten that Toskala goal. I think that was the only goal Rob Davison scored that year. That thing just had trouble written all over it when it was bouncing down the ice. Maybe if Toskala would have come out of his crease a bit more it would have been different but...yikes. I mean what else do you say to that?