Hockey is an amazing game because when it works, it looks so effortless; but when players miss a connection on a sure-fire goal, or a goalie makes a miracle save, it looks so darn impossible.
In the playoffs with players diving to try to interrupt every shot, it’s even more frustrating.
When players re-direct a shot on its way to the goal, you know they’re just putting the stick out there and praying. Sometimes the hockey gods answer.
it is amazing, and as xshub likes to point out, hockey is the only sport in which sometimes the best team does NOT win. There is so much more involved than in other sports.