LIMOGES

A city in France or an own goal

During last night’s game between Pittsburgh and Arizona with the Penguins having an advantage with the delayed penalty and pulled goaltender scored on themselves when Mr. Letang attempted a pass that Mr. Malkin could not handle and watched helplessly as the puck went into their own net.

Limoges a city located in the southwestern part of France and is home to fine china porcelain products which may explain why Canadiens probably in New Brunswick around 1970 began calling own goals limoges because of the fragility of the team that scored on itself.

Approximately thirty years ago Toronto residents also began using the term limoges in referring to own goals, and the NHL does not record own goal statistics with some websites only highlighting the team and how many delayed penalties they took and if they were scored upon.

Hockey players similar to everyone else can and do make mistakes, scoring on your own team is embarrassing and disastrous, as the Penguins experienced last night as they endeavored to tie the game at three went down 4-2 then eventually lost the road game 5-2 to the Coyotes.