When defense prospect Cam Lee signed his entry-level deal with the Penguins in March, it's probably safe to say that he didn't anticipate his first goal as a professional hockey player taking place in Slovakia.
Lee, on loan to HC Slovan Bratislava until North American training camps start, scored his first two goals of his professional career on Sunday in a 4-1 win over HC Košice.
With Bratislava holding a 1-0 lead midway through the third period, Lee skates up the slot, jukes past a Košice defenseman and finishes with a wrist shot to extend the lead to two goals:
Here are other angles of the goal:
Three minutes later, he was left with an open left side of the net after the Košice goaltender lost his stick and made it a 3-0 game:
And the replays:
Bratislava posted this picture on Twitter of Lee and the puck from his first pro goal:
1st Pro bingo: dnes večer prvý - a hneď aj druhý - gól v profi hokeji pre @Chum_Lee97. #hcslovan #vernislovanu @penguins pic.twitter.com/jcOPB6xCrx
— HC SLOVAN Bratislava (@hcslovanba) November 22, 2020
Lee now has two goals and six assists in eight games and is the No. 2 leading scorer among Bratislava defensemen, trailing only one of the defensemen who has been with Bratislava since the start of the season. He's skating on the left side of the third pairing alongside 31-year-old veteran Juraj Valach.
When Lee, 23, was signed to his two-year entry-level contract in March, Jim Rutherford called him a "good-skating, offensive-minded defenseman that fits the current style of play in today's NHL."
He scored three goals and 18 assists in 26 games as a senior last season, leading all Western Michigan defensemen in scoring. He's 6-foot, 190 pounds and is a left-handed shot.