Gus Scored Wild’s First Goalie Goal… but it Wasn’t His Idea

There’s a very real possibility that The Gus Bus wasn’t even going to try and take the shot though. It wasn’t until veteran teammate and fellow netminder Marc-Andre Fleury got in his ear that the Minnesota goaltender considered it.

“I come to the bench here on the timeout and Fluery’s like, ‘hey, are you gunna try and shoot it if you get it now when we’re up two goals?’ I was like, yeah, actually I should shoot it. It was a perfect dump there to the goalie. I just catch it and just try to put it down as quick as possible. I didn’t know I could shoot it that far in the air, so it’s great it got in there.”

Filip Gustavsson on his first career goal

It’s beyond impressive that Gustavsson sank the shot in the first place. Of course the net was open, but flinging the puck that far down the ice and having it be on target from a goalie wrister is crazy. The reality that it was Fluery who prompted his teammate makes it that much more fun.

The Minnesota Wild are back in action on Saturday as they take on the Columbus Blue Jackets in Ohio. Minnesota bested former head coach Dean Evason’s team by a 3-2 tally last week.