Anaheim Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier is on an absolute heater the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades.
The 22-year-old American has scored an astounding 14 goals in the team’s last seven games.
It doesn’t take a math whiz to deduce that that’s an average of — hang on, let me grab my abacus — approximately two goals per game. He’s only the sixth player to do that since 1945, and the first since Mario Lemieux and Alexander Mogilny did it in 1992-93.
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Gauthier already has three hat tricks this month, and he kept things on tolling Wednesday night to tie another record that has stood for over a century.
And, better yet, he did it in one of the Ducks’ Hometown Remix sweaters, which are just — chef’s kiss — perfection.
Gauthier picking up the trash there meant that he had notched 12 goals in the team’s first six games to start the month.
According to Sportsnet, that has not been done since the 1921-22 season, when Punch Broadbent of the original Ottawa Senators and “Phantom Joe” Malone of the Hamilton Tigers both did it.
They just don’t make nicknames like they used to, do they (although “Cutter” is a solid name to add to the list)?
It absolutely pains me as a Philadelphia Flyers fan to see Cutter “I Don’t Want To Be A Flyer” Gauthier absolutely cleaning up on the Left Coast, but it’s an insane scoring clip, and it’s helping the Ducks stay in the playoff race.
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While the Ducks lost on Wednesday to the Nashville Predators, they came into the game undefeated in November, thanks largely to Gauthier’s offensive explosion.
That run has them two points ahead of the Seattle Kraken for the third spot in the Pacific Division. Staying at the head of that pack will likely be key as the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights are running quite a way ahead at the top of the division.
Gauthier will look to make it eight straight games with a goal and seven straight in November when the Ducks host the New York Islanders on Saturday.