Marty Turco’s grip, with the glove hand turned over on the shaft, changed how goalies handle the puck. (Photo: Manny Flores / Icon Sportswire)
“You’re Welcome”: How Marty Turco Invented the Grip Behind Shesterkin’s Goal
Marty Turco explains how one frustrated moment at a University of Michigan practice became the grip goalies like Igor Shesterkin use to shoot the puck today.
“You’re welcome.”
We can’t be 100 percent sure that Marty Turco uttered those words out loud after seeing Igor Shesterkin become the first goalie in New York Rangers history to score a goal with a perfectly launched one-timer from the top of his crease Thursday. But the man who invented the grip Shesterkin used to fire that puck down the ice has admitted to uttering it at past puck-handling accomplishments.
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Turco has admitted to saying it out loud before — and the other goalie's goal that first drew the reaction is named in the next paragraph, along with exactly what Turco said when he saw it.
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