Porter Martone's First-Career NHL Goal Is An Overtime Winner
/It only took Peterborough’s Porter Martone’s fourth game to score his first career NHL goal and he did it in dramatic fashion, giving the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1 overtime win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
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The Flyers had a five-on-three advantage in overtime as Martone was playing the bumper spot. Philadelphia did some tic-tac-toe passing with Martone taking the shot but was stopped by Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo. The Peterborough rookie pounced on his own rebound and buried the puck for his first-career NHL goal in walk-off fashion.
At 19 years old, Martone became the second-youngest player in NHL history to have his first goal be an overtime game-winner. His goal marks the first in franchise history that a Flyer had his NHL first goal in overtime and the 38th player to do so overall.
“I just hopped the boards and Dee-vo (Dvorak) fed me a great pass and the puck went in the net. It was an amazing feeling,” explained Martone.
The goal earned Martone the first-star of the game honours as he also had the primary assist on Philadelphia’s first goal, scored by Christian Dvorak.
The Peterborough forward was a member of the Petes U15 AAA team, scoring six goals and 15 assists in 36 games.
He spent most of his OHL career with the Mississauga/Brampton Steelheads and had a brief stint with the Sarnia Sting.
Porter is the son of his father and former NHL player Mike Martone. The latter was known for scoring the game-winning overtime goal in the 1996 OHL Championship against the Guelph Storm.
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