Gotta See It: Wings’ Jurco shows off stick trick

Detroit Red Wings' Tomas Jurco chases down a loose puck against the Boston Bruins during the 2014 playoffs. (AP/Winslow Townson)

Oh, to be 21 years old and awesome at hockey.

Tomas Jurco, the Detroit Red Wings’ young Slovakian talent, Instagrammed a sweet little show-off video capturing one of the tricks he has been perfecting while training this summer in Europe.

Watch as the winger juggles the puck on his blade, pauses, flips it high in the arena air, then launches his stick end-over-end like a giant baton, snatches the stick and still catches the puck on his blade, continuing to juggle another half-dozen times till he bores himself.

Take that, Pavel.

If you don’t know about Jurco’s hands, now you know:

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