First NHL Goal By South Dakota-Born Player Made

(Sioux Falls, SD) — Officials with the Calgary Flames say Walker Duehr is the first South Dakota-born player to score a goal in the NHL. Duehr scored the goal last Thursday in the game that pitted the Flames against the St. Louis Blues. The grew up in Sioux Falls playing hockey along with his brother Wyatt and two cousins. His parents were in St. Louis for the game when he scored the goal.