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CDS graduate Goodrow plays hero in Sharks' series win




CDS graduate Barclay Goodrow (centre) celebrates his overtime goal in the San Jose Sharks game seven victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

By Jake Courtepatte

Only seven minutes of ice time, but a memory to last a lifetime.
Country Day School graduate and ex-Cyclone varsity player Barclay Goodrow put the icing on the cake in the NHL's San Jose Sharks' first round series with the Vegas Golden Knights late last week, burying the overtime winner that marked an incredible late-game comeback for the Sharks to move on to round two.
Goodrow, a regular fourth-liner on only his second shift of the extra frame, called it the “biggest goal of his career.”
“To be honest, I can't really remember what just happened,” Goodrow told a massive media scrum following the game. “It was a pretty surreal moment.”
With the Sharks down 3-1 late in the third period, the team went on a five-minute major power play that saw them score four goals to take the lead. The Golden Knights managed to tie it up late to force the overtime, before Goodrow put the series to bed.
“Game seven, overtime, NHL playoffs,” Goodrow told TSN's Ray Ferraro. “I had tons of energy. I was sitting there most of the overtime, so when I got the call, I figured I may as well use my fresh legs, and make it create something.
The former 114-point star of the York-Simcoe Express commended star defenseman Erik Karlsson with finding him to produce the game-winning goal.
“I saw him get the puck, I saw the (defenceman) was a little flat-footed … I was hoping he would get the puck to me as I'm getting behind the D-man … (Karlsson) is a world-class player, so I was just happy to get it around (Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre) Fleury there.”
Barclay's hockey career began with the Optimist hockey program in Aurora, a precursor to reaching the Aurora Minor Hockey program for five and six year olds. He moved on to the Aurora Tigers AA ranks early in his career, before spending his final five years of minor hockey with the Express program, winning a total of five OMHA championships between his stints with the Tigers and the Express.
He joined the Country Day School hockey team upon the program's reintroduction in his Grade 8 year, skating for the Cyclones for three years.
The 2018-19 season marked Goodrow's rise to the top ranks, playing in all 82 games for the first time in his NHL career. After five seasons with the OHL's North Bay Battalion and going unpicked in the NHL Entry Draft, Goodrow signed with the Sharks in 2015.
He posted seven goals and 10 assists in the regular season this year.

 

 

Excerpt: Only seven minutes of ice time, but a memory to last a lifetime. Country Day School graduate and ex-Cyclone varsity player Barclay Goodrow put the icing on the cake in the NHL’s San Jose Sharks’ first round series with the Vegas Golden Knights late last week, burying the overtime winner that marked an incredible late-game comeback for the Sharks to move on to round two.


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