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Brock Boeser’s season started with two healthy scratches (never forget) and ended with a back injury that was frightening for a moment.

In the middle, there were goals. So many goals. Twenty-nine of them in just 62 games. And they completely changed the way we view him.

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It felt like it happened overnight. Boeser rocketed from promising winger to goal-scoring wizard. It was as quickly as any Vancouver athlete has ascended in recent memory. He performed like a star.

But, in professional sports, nothing happens overnight. There were doubts. There were setbacks. There were injuries. And there was one night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

If you’re looking for the beating heart of Boeser’s season, the moment everything changed, it was Nov. 4 against the Stanley Cup champions.

Boeser showed up Sidney Crosby and company with a hat trick that felt like it moved the earth. When he scored off the rush with a laser of a wrist shot from the top of the slot for the third goal it seemed like things would never be the same.