Danil Gushchin’s heroics wins game for Lumberjacks, lands him on SportsCenter Top 10 list
By @MichaelCaples –
Hockey is a team sport, but Friday night in Muskegon, it was all about Danil Gushchin.
The Lumberjacks forward scored all four of Muskegon’s goals in a 4-3 win, and three of them came in the closing moments of the contest.
After scoring a first-period goal, Gushchin scored twice in the final two minutes of regulation to erase a 3-1 Waterloo Black Hawks lead. Gushchin’s hat trick-clinching goal came with five seconds left on the clock to force overtime.
In the extra period, he scored a goal that earned the No. 5 spot on last night’s SportsCenter Top 10 Plays list, which is embedded below. Gushchin’s heroics push the Lumberjacks’ winning streak to seven games; they are now 7-4 on the season.
The OT winner:
Ladies & gentlemen, Danil Gushchin!
He scores his FOURTH of the game, wins it in OT & might have the goal of the year all in one play!
Hey, @NHLCentralScout, you might need to change his grade to an A after this… WOW@ESPNAssignDesk | @Buccigross | #SCTop10 | @MuskegonJacks pic.twitter.com/P9ZmEuqKsX
— USHL (@USHL) November 2, 2019
The goal that forced OT:
JSLWJBRDHWBSJQW!!!!!
Danil Gushchin competes the Hat Trick to tie the game for the @MuskegonJacks with :05 seconds remaining! Two goals in the final 1:24 for MUS to send the game to OT! #WhosNext pic.twitter.com/C3QEDULqfC
— USHL (@USHL) November 2, 2019
And the SportsCenter clip:
Peep the greatest goal in Lumberjacks history! #SCTop10 😍 pic.twitter.com/K5lx0midQ1
— Muskegon Lumberjacks (@MuskegonJacks) November 2, 2019