Watch: Bryan Bickell nets shootout goal in final NHL game
#BickellBrave: Watch @bbicks29 score the first goal in the shootout in his last @NHL game! pic.twitter.com/LhZr0AHIF7
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) April 10, 2017
Storybook.
In the final game of his NHL career, Hurricanes forward Bryan Bickell made no mistake on his shootout attempt versus Philadelphia, and was appropriately mobbed by teammates afterward.
"I think the hockey gods stepped up and gave me the opportunity," Bickell said of his tally, according to the Raleigh News & Observer's Chip Alexander.
Bickell, 31, recently announced he'd be retiring at the end of the season after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November.
The breakaway goal concludes a career that saw Bickell suit up in 395 games, recording 136 points in the process. He won the Stanley Cup three times as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks.
In a classy move, even the Flyers showed him some love:
Pretty cool of the Flyers to give fist bumps to Bickell after his goal pic.twitter.com/l53s808IZ9
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) April 10, 2017
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