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Top 30 Moments - #3 Skinner Snipes

March 18th, 2016 – Going into their final home game of the 2015-2016 regular season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes needed a victory to secure the team’s first division championship in 19 years. The ‘Canes eventually won the game 9-3 over the Medicine Hat Tigers to win the Central Division championship, but it was somewhat overshadowed. Already up 7-3 with just over four minutes to go, the unthinkable happened. With the Tigers net empty, the puck was dumped in by Medicine Hat and Hurricanes goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped the puck behind his net, looked down ice and sent a shot that rolled its way the distance of the ice and straight into the Tigers empty net. It marked the first time that a ‘Canes goaltender had ever scored a goal and just the seventh time in the history of the Western Hockey League that a netminder had accomplished the feat. The goal went viral on the internet and Twitter being picked up and played on TSN and Sportsnet as well as news outlets in England and Australia. Even the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon played the goal. The goal was also named the 2015-2016 Fan Choice Awards Play of the Year at the WHL Awards.