Little Hockey Star Oliver Wahlstrom Will Amaze You (Video)
Total Pro Sports - So you are at a hockey game and have had to go to the washroom since the the middle of the period, but you decide to hold it in because you do not want to miss out on an amazing goal or a big mid-ice collision. Finally the horn goes off to end the period. So is that your cue to head off to the washroom?
If your answer there is yes, you likely would have missed the best part of Monday afternoon's game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Boston Bruins.
During the first intermission of this Columbus Day matinee game, the tykes made their way onto the ice for a shootout. What is usually an enjoyable event that provides some laughs and a few tumbles from the kids, actually gave the crowd the greatest display of skill they would see all afternoon (and that is not an insult to the Avs or Bruins).
Oliver Wahlstrom of the Portland Jr. Pirates '97 Pee Wee Major AAA club participated in Mini 1-on-1 at the TD Garden Arena. After picking up speed through the neutral zone, he preformed a lacrosse-like move, scooping the puck up while spinning and firing it into the net.
At only 9-years-old, Oliver has the skills to develop into a fine hockey player, and with the salary cap forcing NHL teams to rebuild through the draft, some GMs may want to begin taking a look his way. After all, his draft eligibility is only six years from now, a reasonable timeline some teams may have regarding their Stanley Cup hopes. In fact, Brian Burke may be at his door step already.
Good move, I’ll give him that- strategic, I’ll say. But only if this were a real game where there was competition on the ice would merit the description of suchh a play as “amazing.”
this kid is gona be a star
To Alex, ARE YOU EFFIN KIDDING ME! How can you not give this 9 yr. old his props. You’d be hard pressed to see Alexander Ovechkin perform this move and he is damn good. Gretzky was the greatest I ever saw, hands down, but I must say this is one of if not the best moves I’ve seen albeit a one on one. I feel bad for the goalie who had to feel like crap afterwards. OLIVER WAHLSTROM (9yrs. old!), remember his name!
Its a very good shot for a 9 year old. although i dont think its news worthy, but his stats are real good. i mean hes got a 3 year difference with the age of his teammates. If he keeps moving up in the game he’ll be in the pros in no time, and im positive that scouts will be looking at him for this. Although just as a FYI, i play goalie, and the shot itself is not hard to stop, alls the goalie had to do is cover the blocker side of the net cause its impossible to shoot to his glove side. im assuming the goalie doesnt no that cause of his age.
Your a dope, that kid would have scored on you with out a question, sure if you actually knew what was coming you maybe would have had a chance, but having never seen it, your last instinct in the world would have been to throw up your blocker. Sorry but youre full of you know exactly what.
Max Gerlach who was also 9 at the time did the same thing 2 years ago.
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Gotta love the goalies reaction. He’s like wtf (what the flip) was that. So unfair to have to deal with that on your first mini one-on-one.
That goalie is going to be the most widely broadcast youth that is least likely to go pro. Good moves young Wahlstrom.
just so the writer of this article knows…. the kids do this before the game. two kids teams go out and play a 3 minute game between periods. kid had a great goal and i wish him luck in taken advantage of his name blowing up and hope he continues work because he could have a future in hockey.