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NHL debut, first NHL goal, Lightning win, cannot get better than that.
Wouldn't it have been better if he scored 7 goalsNHL debut, first NHL goal, Lightning win, cannot get better than that.
“I learned a lot about him in training camp, and he’s definitely a kid that everybody’s pulling for. He’s full of life. There’s positive energy that just surrounds that kid everywhere he goes. I think everyone in the organization was hoping to see this kid play a game for the Lightning one day,” Cooper said.
“It just turns out it was the perfect storm of it’s where he went to college and his whole family is here, his brother’s playing in the building tonight three hours, four hours after our game. That’s a pretty cool experience, and that’s one that family will never forget.”
Kuch scored on his first shift, in his first game, on his first shot on Henrik Lundqvist, while being on the ice with Barberio, Brewer, Killorn, and Purcell. Rick Peckham also called him Dmitry Kucherov. That game was the first game I ever went to in Tampa. I was sitting section 118 I think.NHL debut, first NHL goal, Lightning win, cannot get better than that.