Hodgson Proves My Point – Has Superior Hockey IQ

In the critical moment of Tuesday's it-felt-critical game, he got behind the Blackhawks' defence on a breakaway and just drifted into thought. He thought about how Dale Weise, of all players, told him to go high glove on Corey Crawford, even though Crawford had just made a big glove save on Daniel Sedin. He thought about what trainer Jamie Hendricks told him when, in the second intermission, they just happened to outline the exact scenario Hodgson was experiencing at that moment. About the only thing he didn't have time to think about was the 6,400-word essay his agent, Ritch Winter, had recently posted online.

"It just felt like I had so much time to think," Hodgson said. "Jamie Hendricks had just walked me through the what I should do if I got free coming in off the wing. And then, that's what happened. Hendricks said fake glove and then go glove side, and that's what I chose to do." http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Hodgson+pours+Canucks+over+Blackhawks/6081710/story.html#ixzz1l9c2sX3W

Shacks' Take:  Seriously, who does this?  I'll tell ya what most guys think on a breakaway, "Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god."  Somehow 'He of the Superior Hockey IQ' Cody Hodgson has time to go over the many options his teammates had offered.  If only we could give him a few more seconds on those breakaways he may find time to come up with a cure for the common cold.  He's a beauty.