Goalie Goals Are The Best!

While the image to the left shows a goalie scoring a goal, that's technically not a goalie goal since the goalie won't get credit for scoring it on himself. Instead, it goes to whomever touched the puck last on the opposing team. But today's article isn't about own goals, though, because we've actually seen a goalie goal already this season, and now we have one north of the border as the QMJHL celebrated one on Friday in a playoff game between the Quebec Remparts and the Drummondville Voltigeurs! And the coolest part of the whole thing is that he actually has a tie to U SPORTS hockey!

With Quebec up 3-1 in Game Three of the best-of-five series which they led 2-0 over Drummondville, Drummondville pulled their goaltender with five minutes to play in the third period as they had to find goals to keep this series going. As you might expect, the puck came to Thomas Sigouin, the netminder for the Quebec Remparts, and he did this.

How cool is that? Sigouin made it a 4-1 game for the Remparts, but the night was hardly over. Drummondville would score with 1:33 remaining to make it a 4-2 game before Quebec iced it with 26 seconds to play with their fifth goal of the night.

What you just witnessed, folks, was a little history because Sigouin's goal was the first QMJHL goalie goal to be scored in a playoff game! I don't know if head coach Patrick Roy - yes, THAT Patrick Roy - will do anything special for his goaltender for achieving that little piece of history, but I'm hoping there's a plaque with the puck in commemorating the night. Sure, Quebec eliminated Drummondville on Friday, but we all got to witness a moment of history that can never be erased!

As stated above, there is a U SPORTS tie-in as well as Thomas Sigouin will play hockey for the Concordia Stingers next season! Sigouin, who played his first three seasons with the Sherbrooke Phoenix, will close the book on a four-year QMJHL career with the Remparts after the Phoenix dealt him to Quebec for a third-round pick in the bantam draft in 2022 this past summer. After going 14-9-5 for the Remparts following his three Sherbrooke seasons where he posted a 20-7-2 record, it seems that the Stingers are getting themselves not only a solid puck-stopper, but a guy who can shoot the puck as well!

Congratulations go out to Thomas Sigouin, the first QMJHL to ever score a goal in the playoffs! Here's to many great years with Concordia, and good luck in the rest of the QMJHL playoffs!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!