Taylor scores historic goal
Mark Taylor shows off the 900th goal puck
Blacks Harbour, NB - It should have been a big story that the Bonny River Ratz rolled over the Fundy Kingfishers 10-3, but Ratz star Mark Taylor stole the spotlight Tuesday night by scoring his 900th career goals.
The score was 8-3 Ratz and newly acquired forward Gregg Buchanan slapped the puck toward Kingfishers goalie Brandon Shaw who unfortunately could not corral the rebound and Taylor leaped on the puck and buried it at the 5:53 mark of the third period. Buchanan, who had not been on Taylor's line all night, said he stayed on a little longer as he felt something inside him that was telling him to do so. Buchanan added, "I saw Taylor coming on and I just drove the puck as hard as I could and hoped he'd be there as he had been so many times in his career. It will be something I'll certainly never forget."
Kingfishers GM Matty Walsh dipped the puck out of the net and presented it to Taylor. "I remember 800 and now it's 900. There's no telling where this will end up. I had hoped it wouldn't happen against us, but it's just one of those things. Our regular goalie Jamie Harris called me Tuesday afternoon and asked me if Taylor had gotten 900 yet. When I told him no, I knew right there and then he wasn't coming," added a very emotional Walsh.
Meanwhile, team captain Joe Stevens was offering up his philosophical message. "It will become a time where everybody in that rink will remember exactly where they were when Taylor got #900. I remember #800 and at that time, everybody on the roster was saying they were on the ice when he scored which is impossible of course. Shane Smith still tells everybody how he set Taylor up for 800," noted Stevens.
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