Philadelphia Flyers netminder Ron Hextall fired the puck down the ice on this day in 1987 to make NHL history. Brian T. Dessart gives the lowdown in today's NHL Nugget. Here's today's NHL Nugget ...

The first ever goal scored by a goalie intentionally shooting the puck came off the stick of Ron Hextall when he was with the Philadelphia Flyers. Hextall is one of two goalies who have scored ...

But it’s also the first goalie goal in almost seven years, and the first that wasn’t scored by Ron Hextall, so there’s a neat “Oh right, that’s a thing you’re allowed to do” factor.

Hextall is one of only two NHL goalies to score twice and the very first to intentionally go for a goalie goal. Since he ...

The goal was officially scored an own goal as it deflected off an opposing player. Ron Hextall became the first goalie to score via a shot on goal in 1987. Hextall fired the puck down the ice in a ...

Eleven goaltenders have scored by shooting the puck into an empty net, with Ron Hextall doing it twice. The other seven goals have come when the goalie was credited with the goal by being the last ...

Through three games, the team has scored four goals and it’s their depth players, not their top-line guys, who are contributing best right now. On his first day as GM in May 2014, Hextall told ...

The Philadelphia Flyers haven't had great success with first-round draft picks, but Travis Konecny was the Great Steal of 2015 and should've been a quarter-century player.

Per ESPN, he moved into fifth-place for most multi-goal games in Avalanche history (50). During the first period intermission, MacKinnon spoke with ESPN’s Leah Hextall, who asked him about his ...