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Arizona Coyotes ice hockey teenage star Logan Cooley will always remember Rod Laver Arena, and those who watched his foray into the NHL won\u2019t forget his performance in a hurry.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old rookie scored a highlight goal as his team won 5-3 over the Los Angeles Kings in front of 13,097 spectators in Melbourne on Saturday. The preseason game was the first time an NHL game has been played anywhere in the southern hemisphere.<\/p>\n

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Logan Cooley of the Arizona Coyotes scores during the NHL Global Series match between Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Darrian Traynor\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n

On Sunday, 13,118 fans saw the Kings beat the Coyotes 3-2.<\/p>\n

Coyotes forward Clayton Keller will forever be the answer to the trivia question: which player scored the NHL\u2019s first goal in the southern hemisphere? But the lasting memory will be Cooley scoring his first goal at a senior level.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of the best goals I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Keller said of his younger teammate\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spin around was one thing but to have the patience to pull it to your forehand and then finish it \u2014 definitely one of the best I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooley, who is starting his first season at the top level, is seen as a potential star, and while this goal won\u2019t count on his official NHL record, the highlight will be replayed throughout the hockey world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still preseason right? It doesn\u2019t officially count. But it was just a fun game to play in and it felt good to get one under the belt but we\u2019ll wait for the real one [a regular season goal] before being that happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny and Kings coach Todd McLellan were surprised by the level of interest in the game in Melbourne, noting they saw jerseys from all 32 teams and a few past ones at the two sold-out games and around the city.<\/p>\n

A vintage Joe Sakic Quebec Nordiques jersey caught Tourigny\u2019s eye from just behind the team\u2019s bench while McLellan said he could hear and see that the fans at the game were engaged in the contest and knew their hockey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI (now) know there are way more hockey fans that I knew of,\u201d Tourigny said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see NHL jerseys everywhere, it was amazing, and I was not expecting that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australian-born, Canadian-raised Kings defender Jordan Spence started Sunday\u2019s game and received the biggest ovation of the weekend, finishing with two assists.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a hungry young player who wants to play in the NHL and he is really close \u2014 if he keeps playing like that, he is going to force his way in,\u201d McLellan said.<\/p>\n

NHL officials were happy with the crowds and merchandise sales, estimating 40 per cent of the fans came from outside Victoria to attend the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on this initial event, we are really positive that there is a real opportunity for the NHL in Melbourne specifically and Australia more generally,\u201d NHL international strategy senior vice-president Lynn White said.<\/p>\n

White and many of the NHL visitors also attended Collingwood\u2019s preliminary final win at the MCG on Friday night, and she noted the reaction to Magpies ruckman Mason Cox who dropped the puck for Sunday\u2019s game amid a sea of playful boos.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was clearly a divide \u2014 there was Collingwood fans and plenty who were not,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n

Shawn and Nanette Higgins, from California, are Kings fans who followed the team out to Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing,\u201d Shawn said. \u201cIt exceeded all expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

A concern for the teams was issues with the ice which was in a bad way on Friday with the Kings cutting practice short, but engineers went to work on it and it played much better than expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tip my hat to the people who worked on it on Friday \u2014 they did a real good job of reviving it,\u201d McLellan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are fighting a lot of factors like room temperature, humidity, etc but we both played on the same sheet [of ice] and got through 60 minutes [a full game].\u201d<\/p>\n

Just over 90 seconds into the game, Jacob Doty (Kings) and Josh Brown (Coyotes) briefly exchanged punches and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes each, they returned and immediately went to centre ice to properly square off, dropping their gloves and exchanging punches and blocks for a minute or so as the other players and referees watched on.<\/p>\n

Fighting is rarely allowed to properly take place in hockey games now due to head injury and player safety concerns but, perhaps to appease a foreign audience, Brown and Doty exchanging haymakers.<\/p>\n

They sat out for five minutes each for fighting before returning to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two characters have that in their game and they\u2019re both very respectful of each other,\u201d McCellan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did their thing, it was done and for the rest of the night they both played really hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does still happen in our game, it\u2019s not as prevalent as it used to be but it is still there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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