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# WATCH: Connor Carrick scores his first goal as a Maple Leaf
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/watch-connor-carrick-scores-his-first-goal-as-a-maple-leaf/
- Published: 2016-03-16T01:05:27.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-16T01:05:27.000Z
- Description: And his second NHL goal in general!
- Author: Ari Yanover
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

[Connor Carrick](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157299/connor-carrick?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) was originally drafted by the [Washington Capitals](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/washington-capitals?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). He made his NHL debut for them in the 2013-14 season - and in just his second game, scored his first NHL goal.

And that was it. Forty-three games later, Carrick failed to put another puck in the net... until tonight.

> How about the smile on Connor Carrick after his first goal with the Leafs? [https://t.co/UXGjeMiOYO](https://t.co/UXGjeMiOYO?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [March 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/709906572751798272?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

NHL goals are pretty special - but they're always especially special when you only have one. Or two, as the case may now be. Carrick came over to the [Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) alongside [Brooks Laich](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54344/brooks-laich?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), a 21-year-old putting up decent seasons in the AHL, now in the NHL - even if it's a team at the bottom of the standings, rather than the top.

But all you need to do is take one look at Carrick's face for it to really hit home: that's his second NHL goal, his first ever with his new team, and that's something to really celebrate.

Congrats, Connor! Here's to it being the first of many in Toronto.