Poor Kevin Lalande hangs his head for good reason, as he gets beat by a “shot” that is, in truth, a hastily swatted puck from just inside the centre line that happens to find a path between his legs.
The Russian-to-English YouTube title translation? “Tremendous fail by Lalande.”
The Calgary Flames 2005 draft pick is not playing for the Kontinental Hockey League’s Dynamo Minsk because he wants to beat the NHL lockout rush; he’s playing his third KHL season after a two-year stint with the Syracuse Crunch failed to earn him a spot in the big league.
The 25-year-old native of Kingston, Ont., is now a Belarusian citizen.
For those early adopters following the KHL in advance of Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin’s arrival, the goalie gaffe gave centre Denis Khlystov of Ufa Salavat Yulayev his first goal of the young KHL season in a 6-3 victory on Monday. With a little help from Lalande’s five-hole, the forward is averaging a point per game through three contests.
Bet you wish you drafted Khlystov in your KHL pool now, don’t you?
via Puck Daddy
