The 2016 MLB season is finished, but Canucks goalie Ryan Miller has a late submission for Web Gem of the Year.
Playing on a slightly more slippery surface, Miller made a sliding glove save and a beauty Thursday night against the Red Wings that would rival catches by baseball's best defensive wizards.
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As the Canucks were pulling Miller in the game's waning minutes, the 36-year-old netminder, caught off guard as play suddenly shifted the other way, raced back to his crease. But before he could get there, Red Wings winger Henrik Zetterberg fired a shot at the empty net from behind the blue line.
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Miller laid out, snatching the puck out of midair and the oxygen from Joe Louis Arena.
Ryan Miller does his best Derek Jeter impression, diving to stop the shot towards the empty net by Henrik Zetterberg, gloving it clean! pic.twitter.com/IOyq8G9dvc
— NHL 365 (@NHLDaily365) November 11, 2016
As it happens, Miller's heroics were for naught. He stopped 24 of 27 shots in Vancouver's 3-1 loss.
