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It will always be remembered for the game Stecher scored.

It was the Sunday afternoon Stechermania got very real, kind of like when you see a blogger go from “mother’s lower room dwelling” to the cockpit of an NHL team.

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The legend of Stecher will grow, and flourish.

Especially here. Because not only was Stecher a compelling story today, scoring on a wonderful play, he called his shot.

(Of course he did).

“Right before we went out for the game, I looked at (Sven Baertschi), and said ‘I think I got one. I just hit the crossbar in warmup eight times,'” Stecher recalled.

“That’s what you do as a player in warmup. You throw it at the cross bar. I was on. I felt pretty good with my shot.”

Stecher also switched sticks before the third and spent much of that period demanding the puck, both with his stick and his lungs.

It was as confident as he’s played with the Canucks, which should be endlessly encouraging because earlier in the game he was on the ice for two goals against, and you could pin some blame on him for each, if you’re so inclined to rip a rookie being asked to play 21 minutes a night on this team’s top pairing.