It not typically we discover a save of the 12 months candidate in August, however (a) the month’s nearly over and (b) Leland Irving just made one for Jokerit Helsinki in its
European Trophy
game towards HIFK on Friday.
This wild save occurred on a deflected shot by a HIFK player entering the attacking zone. Irving was ready for the preliminary shot, and then sprung up with his glove within the air to play the puck like an outfield would shag a fly ball.
The puck sailed over him and was headed for the again of the crease when Irving reached back and made a ‘basket catch’ save together with his glove. (Willie Mays could be proud.)
Alas, he couldn’t hold onto the puck, swatting it back in front of the goal where Irving needed to make yet another save as the HIFK forwards stormed the crease.
If Irving’s title sounds acquainted, he had two cups of coffee with the Calgary Flames, including six games last season. “In my view, Leland is the best goalie the Flames have under contract, not together with Kiprusoff,” his agent Ritch Winter advised the Calgary Herald last Might.
Irving was unsigned as a free agent by Calgary, despite being a first-round decide in 2006.
He went to Finland on a “probation” contract with Jokerit, a.okay.a. a month-long tryout for a job. So yeah, a save like this can be a fairly good factor for a man stating his case.
s/t Simon Akkanen
Watch goalie Leland Irving make incredible ‘basket catch’ save in Euro tourney
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