New York Sirens forward Abby Roque became the first player in Professional Women’s Hockey League history to score a “Michigan goal,” using the fabled trick shot against the Ottawa Charge on Saturday afternoon.
“The Michigan” first came to hockey prominence in 1996, when Mike Legg of the University of Michigan pulled off a “lacrosse-style” goal in an NCAA playoff game. Starting in back of the opponent’s net, a skater scoops the puck onto the blade of their stick, lifts it up and then whips a shot around the net into the top corner, over the shoulder of an unsuspecting goaltender.
With Ottawa leading 3-1 in the third period, Roque recovered a loose puck on the offensive zone and skated behind the Charge’s net. Goalie Gwyneth Philips tracked the play and watched Roque crouch down to get the puck on her blade. Philips quickly moved to her left and attempted to close off the top of the net but it was too late: Roque quickly snapped the puck under the crossbar for her sixth goal of the season — and the first “Michigan goal” in the two-year-old league’s history.
FIRST MICHIGAN GOAL IN PWHL HISTORY GOES TO ABBY ROQUE pic.twitter.com/GhtRfoMRnY
— New York Sirens (@PWHL_NewYork) March 22, 2025
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