If you want to be generous to Flyers goalie Steve Mason, you could say that he gave up a bad center ice goal in Game 2 against the Washington Capitals on Saturday. While technically true, the goal really came from the opposite goal line and was only deflected slightly at center ice. It was a deflection goal from 101 feet out.
Get ready to cringe, and pay special attention to the Joe Beninati reaction:
The team that Beninati works for benefited from this, and even he was horrified.
Twitter’s reaction was predictably hilarious:
Chimera goal on Mason accurately described as a 101-foot tip in on https://t.co/q5TsqBSSRw game sheet pic.twitter.com/XbChYx0rn1
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) April 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/donald_gilmour/status/721508603279065088
@NHL Steve Mason with the butt fumble equivalent of goals scored on him. #comeon
— Jeffrey Taviano (@The_Other_Take) April 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/shamaplan/status/721508056786472960
https://twitter.com/randallevee/status/721505447442710529
https://twitter.com/cranekicker/status/721504984509112320
Flyers G Steve Mason let in "worst goal ever" less than 5 min. after CBC analyst Glen Healy said "he hasn't let in a bad goal in14 games."
— Hal Maas (@HalMaasNews) April 17, 2016
Somewhere, Dan Cloutier is whispering "I feel you, bro" to Steve Mason on his TV.
— Ryan (@RyanDickinson) April 17, 2016
The red X represents where Chimera scored his goal from: pic.twitter.com/u3Zn4L1shP
— SinceFlyersLastCup (@SinceFlyersCup) April 17, 2016
The ironic part was that just moments earlier, Mason made an incredible save while doing the splits. And nobody will remember it. Such is life for an NHL goalie. And such is life for the rest of Steve Mason’s life.
