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Gomez's Goal Drought Hits 1 Year

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The 21,273 fans in the seats at Bell Centre wanted it, his Montreal Canadiens teammates wanted it, and even Tomas Plekanec wanted it.

But alas, Scott Gomez's goal drought was assured of passing the one-year mark Sunday afternoon when what looked to be a tip in on the final goal of a 3-0 Canadiens win against the Winnipeg Jets was ultimately awarded to Plekanec.

"To me at first, I thought Gomer scored right away," Plekanec said. "He told me it wasn't his goal, but I was hoping it was so we can stop talking about it."

What has become such a big topic of conversation in Montreal was Sunday's one-year anniversary of Gomez's last goal on...

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