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It took him 650 games, but Pekka Rinne can finally call himself agoal scorer.Of course, Rinne is the  Bruce Bowen Jersey longtime starting goaltender for the Nashville Predators, so his primary responsibility is to stop pucks Quinndary Weatherspoon Jersey  from entering the net; however, the 14-year veteran took full advantage of an opportunityon Thursday to add his name to a short list of netminderswho have registered a goal in an NHL game Rudy Gay Jersey .With the Predators leading the Blackhawks by two goals late in the third period in Chicago, Rinne collected a loose puck behind his net after the home team had dumped it into the  Johnny Moore Jersey Nashville zone. With no pre sure from opposing skaters and 200 feet of ice in front of him, Rinne launched the puck over the heads of every other player andtoward DeMarre Carroll Jersey  the open net at the other end of the arena.MORE:Rinne's lob didn't make contact with the ice until it was inside the Blackhawks'  San Antonio Spurs T-Shirts blue line, and from that point it was only a matter of whether his effort would be accurate enough.It was.The  Davis Bertans Jersey empty-netterwas , with Rinne becomingthe 12th goaltender in league historyto score. At 37, , trailing only two-time goal scorer Martin Brodeur Patty Mills Jersey  (who scored his second at nearly 41 years old).