The Lightning controlled the pace over the first two games of the series as well — maybe not to that extent — but were simply unable to beat a white-hot goalie that has been doing everything in his power to single-handedly will his team to victories.On Saturday, they were finally able to break through with three goals on 34 shots. Earlier this year, Chris was the star of his Greater Bridgeport(Conn.) Youth Hockey team, which finished 64-2-1 and won the U.S.
He now sits just eight wins behind Ed Belfour and Billy Smith.Karlsson’s goal started the scoring in the first period and was a beautiful shorthanded goal, finishing a fantastic play that was started off by Along with the shorthanded goal, Vegas’ penalty kill was a perfect 4-for-4 in the game.As for the Blackhawks, well, this postseason appearance has been an unexpected surprise given where they were in the standings when the season was paused back in March and how they went into a seller mode at the trade deadline. Below is an article from Littleague.org announcing Not surprisingly, the busiest boy in Connecticut has been operating on a hectic schedule. “Just don't leave the house.”She left—whereupon, of course, Chris did, too, running off to lollygag with his buddies in the neighborhood. Chris Drury, one of Little League’s most distinguished alums, and current Little League® International Board member, has been elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.In 1989, at the 43rd Little League Baseball® World Series, Mr. Drury’s Trumbull National Little League (Conn.) defeated Chinese Taipei, 5-2 to win the world championship. Beyond that, important as all this is, it’s not as important as we think it is. This winter he is playing hockey in an age group one step higher than his age calls for, and he’s getting banged around pretty good by older kids not eager for the whippersnapper to make his reputation off them. But if he hadn’t won, that would have been fine,too.”The underlying fear here is obvious: What if this turns out to be life’s finest hour for Chris and the others? Considered a top national amateur player, Mr. Drury accepted a collegiate scholarship to play hockey at Boston University (BU). “I’ve got to get a lot better,” says Chris.

He knows he didn’t win these championships by himself. When the ball came off the bat for what would end up being the final out, it first appeared like it was going over the wall as a two-run homerun, but left fielder Dan McGrath quickly settled under it on the warning track and the celebration was on.Drury and his teammates were everywhere following their conquest in Williamsport, as The winning didn’t stop there for Drury as he got older and eventually turned his focus to hockey. He steps into the hall, carefully closes the door behind him and says, “I think Mom likes it better when she can’t see it.”Many of us, in our childhood dreams, were forever hitting the ball or slapping the puck that won the game as the crowd cheered. His plate performance was just an impressive, collecting two hits in three at-bats, driving in two runs, and stealing a base.Following his Little League career, Mr. Drury, a talented multi-sport athlete, focused on hockey. Back on April 25, when another Little League season dawned in Trumbull, the biggest dream anybody had was to win the town championship. After Chris and his 14 teammates won in Williamsport, Donald Trump flew them home in one of his planes (Chris called his mother during the flight).
Over the 16 playoff games leading to the title, he had 29 hits in 55 at bats for a smoking .527 average (teammate Ken Martin led Trumbull with a .588).

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Clothes and trophies and baseballs and hockey gear and junk and stuff are everywhere. He was also a part of two silver medal winning U.S. Olympic teams in Salt Lake 2002 and Vancouver 2010.Following his time with the Avalanche, Drury would spend a season with the Calgary Flames and three with the Buffalo Sabres before finishing his NHL career in 2011 after four years with the New York Rangers. Get the latest news, stats, ... Little League World Series: 15 fun facts. However, when talk turned to the remarkable year that he had enjoyed, he got a faraway look in his eyes and said, “I wish we could do it all over again.”SI Vault: A 1989 feature story on new U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Drury’s life as a Little League World Series hero and hockey wonderkid. “Chris has learned the value of teamwork and that he can rely on his peers and on adults. “Then, we’ll see.”Indeed, to project any 13-year-old into the NHL or into major league baseball is folly. Fairfield College Preparatory School is a Jesuit preparatory school located on the campus of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

But I’m afraid it may ruin some of the others.”In different ways, people have tried to keep the boys humble. (Youth1) â Chris Drury of the New York Rangers can now add Little League Board of Trustees member to his impressive resume. Still, if the hockey and the baseball are his life’s highlights, they wouldn’t be bad highlights, would they? When asked how he even gets into his room, Chris looks dumbfounded and says, “I just walk in and sit down.” With that he plods through the mess with the same determination one might use in a bamboo jungle, sits down on his bed and looks triumphant: “See?”But upon leaving, Chris, who’s a roly-poly 5' 2", 126 pounds, trips over some sneakers buried next to a hockey stick that’s protruding from the clutter. SI Vault: A 1989 feature story on new U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Drury’s life as a Little League World Series hero and hockey wonderkid.