Watch Morgan Rielly's Game Three assist with Russian commentary

Cam Charron
August 13 2012 08:47PM

2012 Maple Leafs first rounder and No. 5 overall pick Morgan Rielly is in Halifax this week for Games Three and Four of the Canada-Russia challenge, the last two of the four game series designed to honour the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series. Rielly had an assist in the first game and a goal in the second, but this assist in the third game is a very pretty play.

Rielly intercepts an Anton Slepyshev breakout, dekes around Kirill Kapustin but doesn't have a lot of space or options. He sees Jonathan Huberdeau breaking to the net and fires a pass that eludes both Russian defenders. It really is a thing of beauty.

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Cam Charron is BC-raised hockey fan and journalist and acts as the managing editor of The Leafs Nation. In his spare time, you can find him blogging about numbers at Canucks Army, discussing the juniors at Yahoo's Buzzing the Net, ranting in some way or another at the Score's Backhand Shelf, or acting as an MSM wannabe in the pages of the Vancouver Province.
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Reply #1 Danny Gray August 14 2012, 07:22AM
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Wow, that goal was all Rielly.

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Reply #2 Old Retired Guy August 15 2012, 09:50AM
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I'm sure that Brian Burke expects more from the "First Overall" pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft! Can you say Credibility Gap?!?!

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