Steckel Shoots, But Hasn’t Scored
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on November 30th, 2009
“David Steckel has fond memories of his overtime goal in Game 6 of the Capitals-Penguins semifinal series last spring. But there’s something about it he wishes he could forget: That goal remains his most recent one.
Since his redirection of a Brooks Laich shot at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on May 11, Steckel has gone one playoff game, four preseason games and 26 contests this season without a goal. He’s the only healthy Capitals forward who has not scored — and his frustration, Steckel said, deepens with each game that passes without his name appearing on the score sheet.
“It’s frustrating, especially when guys are getting called up [from the minor leagues] and scoring in front of you,” he said. “It’s not for a lack of effort of shooting pucks on net. It’s just a bounce here or there.”
Steckel’s next chance to end the longest drought of his career comes Monday at RBC Center, where the NHL-worst Carolina Hurricanes play host to the Capitals, who are tied with the Penguins atop the Eastern Conference standings.
But while Steckel, 27, has struggled in the offensive zone, the Wisconsin native has been arguably the team’s most valuable forward on defense. “
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