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Mar 27, 2024, 01:32 AM ET
TEMPE, Ariz. — With his parents at the top of Mullett Arena in a suite, Josh Doan scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally, in his first NHL game, and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-2 on Tuesday night.
The son of longtime captain and Coyotes’ all-time goal leader Shane Doan, Josh Doan scored an unassisted goal in the second period to put Arizona ahead 2-1, backhanding the puck past Merzlikins at close range. He scored the winner in the third period, deflecting a puck past Merzlikins right in front of the crease at the 8:29 mark.
“I almost missed it,” Shane Doan, speaking on the Coyotes’ postgame telecast on Scripps Sports, said of his son’s first goal. “It’s so cool.”
Josh Doan, from nearby Scottsdale, is the first Arizona native to play for the franchise. The 22-year-old played collegiately at Arizona State. He was called up Monday from Tucson of the AHL, where he led the Roadrunners with 26 goals and 20 assists in 62 games.
“I was a little bit nervous,” Doan said on the Coyotes’ postgame show. “But my mom (Andrea) was up there, wearing the emotions a little bit harder.”
The rookie admitted being taken aback by the fans after his first goal.
“The reaction to was definitely something special,” he said, “and hearing how loud the building got for that, was cool.”
All along, from the bench, he was keeping an eye on the Doan suite, though.
“I noticed that my younger brother (Carson) was about to come out of the suite at some point. That was one thing that I definitely noticed,” Doan said. “But he’s been the best supporter since Day 1, so I don’t expect anything less from him.”
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Nick Bjugstad, Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Guenther and Matias Maccelli — also among Doan’s biggest supporters on his grand night — scored as well, as Arizona pulled away with four goals in the third period. Schmaltz and Guenther’s goals were short-handed. Schmaltz’s was his 20th of the season.
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