Last night's game was one to remember for Scott Morrow, as the Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman registered his first career NHL goal in the team's 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
The 2021 second-round pick has been playing in place of Dmitry Orlov, who's out of the lineup due to injury, and you could see his game building to this moment.
In four games, Morrow has managed to turn out a positive CF (51.97%) and xGF (55.55%) while the team has outscored opponents 6-1 at 5v5 in his ice time.
While the UMass alum struggled in his first few appearances in the NHL, he's been looking more and more comfortable and Saturday's game in Philadelphia showed just that.
With less than a minute to go in regulation, Morrow jumped in on the rush and cleaned up a rebound in front from Logan Stankoven, fluttering a backhander into the open cage.
"It was really cool," Morrow said. "I was a Flyers fan growing up — my dad was drafted here — so I wanted to get it tonight. Even though it wasn't a real important goal for the game — it was already sealed — it's still a big moment for me and my family and it's a really cool feeling."
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Immediately you could see how excited his teammates were for him and Shayne Gostisbehere made the beeline for the puck so that Morrow could have it forever.
"That's special and the guys know it," Brind'Amour said. "They've all been there. Scotty's come in and done a nice job for us. Those are little, special moments that I think, as a group, they like to share together because they know how important it is."
"I think all five guys on the ice were jumping up and down, the whole bench was going nuts," said Mark Jankowski. "Anytime you can see someone get their first goal, you kind of take it back to your first goal and how excited you were so I can just imagine the feelings he's going through. Probably a million text messages on his phone right now. It's such a special time and I'm just so happy for him to be able to get that first goal out of the way."
Morrow's definitely been sheltered in terms of deployment, with nearly 65% of his starts being offensive-zone starts, but his offensive ability should definitely be causing some tough discussions to be had.
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