On December 17, 1991, the Penguins hockey players were badly loaded with newcomers from San Jose. In the final result of 10: 2, the second twenty-minute match had the greatest credit, during which the home team scored 8 goals.
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Twelve days earlier, Pittsburgh had already cut a six-goal period against the Sharks in California. San Jose was not very competitive in its inaugural season, and in the end it finished the last in the regular season.
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But the Penguins set out to defend the Stanley Cup, and on the ice of the Civic Arena, nicknamed ‘Igloo’, their players in the offensive zone did what they wanted. And the Sharks at times resembled a group of amateurs who also wanted to prevent their own goalkeeper.
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One disaster after another rolled on the Finnish dead between the bars of Jarmo Myllys. After the elegant loop, the wingman Bob Errey also scored on his knees, captain Mario Lemieux scored in the power play after Jágr’s assistance. Although Jágr did not score in the record period, he showed that he would not be allowed to turn the puck even when a 100-kilo defender Bob McGill was lying on his back, and he prepared a firing position for the scoring Jiří Hrdina.
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As Errey’s battered curve fell through Myllys through the trap, the desperate Finnish goalkeeper broke the hockey stick against the top bar and was breathing hard into the disgrace. Of the 18 Penguins, not only defenders Jim Paek and Peter Taglianetti scored in the match.
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“We played in Pittsburgh very often, it was 4: 0 in the eighth minute. But it was a completely different time,” Jagr recalled after years.
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However, eight goals for a third is not an NHL record. He will probably keep Buffalo for some time to come, which crushed his rivals from Toronto in a ratio of 14: 4 in March 1981, and in the second twenty minutes, the Sabers players hit nine times!
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The NHL recorded an eight-goal third in nine cases. The last time was in February 1999, when Washington crushed Tampa 10: 1.
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During the famous Pittsburgh years, Jágr also experienced a seven-goal period against Quebec in 1995. And another six, in which the Penguins bet six goals. It’s been a long time, but it’s remembered nicely.
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