NHL Sunday: Ovi beats Steen

But you’ll be hard-pressed to find any Hawks fan more happy about it than this kid.

This kid has never heard of stage-fright. Just stared at the camera, put on a winning smile and danced his heart out. Kudos.

Here’s the play:

Yeah, doesn’t look like interference at all. Which explains why Torts was so angry on the bench.

I’m no hockey expert, but I’ve played baseball. The basic concept of catching a baseball is to make sure you squeeze your glove once it’s in your mitt so it doesn’t fall out. I feel like the same concept applies to hockey goalies.

Here’s an overhead view you can watch when you’re done shaking your head in disbelief.

They had every right to fear, as Duchene has been the Avs’ best player by far with 12 goals and 20 points through 19 games. Rookie Nathan MacKinnon will likely move up to the second line to fill Duchene’s spot in the top six. Colorado doesn’t play again until Tuesday, so that might change after a few practices.

Colorado has lost three in a row and four of its last five games.

Luckily Leddy appeared to be fine, but we’re not entirely sure because he hasn’t returned to the solar system yet.

• Latta’s goal results in photo of the year candidate

According to Elliotte Friedman, Fiddler is unhappy with his role as a bottom-six checking forward and approached General Manager Jim Nill and the coaching staff about his ice time last week. Stars coach Lindy Ruff acknowledged the discussion on Wednesday but declined to elaborate. But where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

• Latta’s goal results in photo of the year candidate