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New Jersey Devils rookie center Adam Henrique proved that youngsters with just a sprinkling of playoff experience can step up and be counted in the thick of a winner-take-all confrontation.
"Somebody has to be the hero, right?" Henrique asked. "Why not me?"
Exactly. Why not?
The 22-year-old Henrique was the hero on Thursday in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal round when he scored his second goal of the game 3:47 into the second overtime to give the Devils a 3-2 victory against the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.
"He's a guy that's able to raise his game when it's on the line," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said of Henrique. "We saw it early in the season on some of his overtime goals and shootout goals, and he has that ...
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