Ivan Miroshnichenko heads puck out of midair like a soccer player, generates scoring chance

Ivan Miroshnichenko heads puck out of midair like a soccer player, generates scoring chance

Ivan Miroshnichenko used his head (literally) to create a scoring chance. Late in the first period against the New Jersey Devils, Capitals forward Brandon Duhaime chipped the puck out of the defensive zone. The fourth-line winger was successful in his clearing attempt, but the lob was so high that it brought the inner footballer out of Miro. Ivan Miroshnichenko’s header Boxing out Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton, Miro scrunched his neck and t…