Morgan Geekie Reflects On Goal From Center Ice

Boston Bruins forward Morgan Geekie

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Morgan Geekie hasn’t scored a goal as he did in Game 2 ever in his hockey career.

With less than four minutes to go in the second period, Geekie dumped a puck in from center ice that took a weird bounce and went into the net. It propelled the Bruins to a 2-0 lead. It was a surprising goal, and Geekie admits it’s not something he expected.

“No,” Geekie said postgame if he’s ever scored from center ice before. “I don’t think I ever will again. Honestly, just trying to dump it in and go, lucky bounce. Nice to see it go in,” he said. “I think we started playing in their end a little bit more after that and then just tried to have the mentality of pucks on net.”

The odd goal helped give Boston momentum as the Bruins got out to a 4-0 lead and ended up cruising to a 4-2 win to even up the series.

Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff, meanwhile, said Geek’s goal was ‘lucky’ but isn’t going to criticize his goalie for letting it in.

“That’s a lucky goal,” Ruff said. “Over the years you see goals like that. Took a little bit of a hard right when it landed, ends up going in. This team has been so good about, ‘We win together, we lose together.’ I'm not going to sit here and criticize that goal.”