VIDEO: Finnish goalie scores second goal in two weeks
Goalies aren't usually known as snipers, but Finnish netminder Kaapo Kahkonen is as close as it gets.
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Chris Peters
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With the way he’s going right now, Finnish goaltender and Minnesota Wild prospect Kaapo Kahkonen should probably be referred to as a sniper more than a stopper.
Last time we introduced you to the 18-year-old scored goalie, he had scored a goal in a playoff game for his club team last week. It was almost overshadowed by the play-by-play man’s hilarious call of the goal. Well, guess what? Kahkonen scored again.
While playing in an exhibition game between Finland’s national under-20 team and their national under-18 team Tuesday, Kahkonen saw an empty net at the other end of the ice and let it rip right into the open cage.
This might not be as cool as when he did it in a game that counted, but a goalie goal is a goalie goal. Two in as many weeks, regardless of level, is pretty insane for a guy wearing the big pads.
Kahkonen was a fourth-round pick by the Wild in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
[H/T The Hockey News]
