In late October the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League were locked in a scoreless tie with the New York Islanders when, suddenly, Sabres right wing Ales Kotalik scored on a booming shot from the top of the left face-off circle, one-timing a pass from Jaroslav Spacek past Islander goalie Rick DiPietro.
The dancers perform face-to-face in two lines or in a circle, holding fans before their faces in some pieces and clapping thin bamboo sticks together in others.