On Saturday, Canadian lacrosse player Brodie Merrill of the Boston Cannons scored an incredible goal when he launched an 80-yard shot right past former Syracuse University goalkeeper John Galloway of the Rochester Rattlers.
The Rattlers led 14-12 with just 3 seconds left, but Merrill, 34, fired the deep shot, and since a shot from that distance counts for two points in Major League Lacrosse, his goal tied the game at 14 and sent it to overtime.
Davey Emala ultimately scored in the extra session to give Boston a 15-14 win over Rochester.
The Cannons’ Mitch Belisle was originally going to throw the ball up, but Merrill told him to hold off.
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“I just looked up at the clock to see that there were three seconds left,” said Merrill. “Mitch [Belisle] was about to throw it and I said, ‘Mitch, Mitch, I’m going try to shoot it here.’
“I whipped it as hard as I could, Merrill said. The way the lighting was, it went off into the dark and I saw the reaction from the guys.”
“The guys persevered, head coach Sean Quirk said. “Davey Emala finished it off and had a great goal. I’m really proud of them. And then we have to talk about how there was Brodie being Brodie, I guess. He let it go and we saw him sunk it to put it into overtime.”
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