New York. It’s been a long time since the last time, but last night Victor Hedmann’s Goal song resounded at the Amalie Arena again.
He clinched Tampa’s heavyweight duel against Boston with a shot that Linus Olmark didn’t stand a chance.
– I don’t give much importance to my goal production, what matters is that I help my team win, but of course it’s nice to score such an important goal, says the star back of Sportbladet after the 3-2 win.
No, it wasn’t Roger Pontari “When the Wind Whispers My Name” DJ Amalie Arena kicked things off when at 1:19 p.m. in the third period Victor whipped the deciding shot 3-2 on Linus Ollmark who was lying and purring after two teammates let go on him.
Det var Status Quos “Rockin’ All Over the World”.
Several years later, the 32-year-old Ungerman native changed his target song to everyone’s surprise.
“Yeah, I thought Roger could relax a little bit this year, but he’ll probably be back,” Victor says on the phone from his hometown on Florida’s west coast.
Regardless, it would have been easy for the fans in the stands to dance along, as the goal in question decided the best game of the season so far between the Palms – against the Premier League leaders.
– Yes, it was a very good and interesting match. And, of course, it’s nice to win on an evening like this, Vig continues.
It was also the 11th consecutive home win and I think he’s starting to look good. We’ve got three very long seasons behind us and it may have been a little slow start this year, but now we’re playing good hockey.
Victor hasn’t presented himself the way he and the rest of the world are used to, and the goal last night was only his third in the regular season of the year, but he’s happy with the season anyway.
– In terms of points, it was not very good, but I do not attach much importance to this. Although of course it’s nice to score an important goal like that tonight, the important thing for me is that I help the team win, no matter how I do it.
– Meanwhile, the “stats” guy pointed out before the game tonight that I’ve scored 1 point per game in the last 20 games. It’s not that bad and I feel like it’s getting better. My legs moved and I mentally entered them in a different way.
Hambus Lindholm assisted on one of the Bruins’ goals and Allmark stopped 32 shots.
