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Anton Khudobin comically fails to go over boards to Carolina bench (GIF)

Haven’t we all struggled in life? To find our footing? To accomplish something that might seem so perfunctory, so simple, so routine?

To that end: We are all Anton Khudobin.

The Carolina Hurricanes goalie battled the boards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, and the boards won. After stumbling in his attempt to climb onto the Canes bench, like a newborn fawn attempting to walk across a frozen pond, Khudobin finally flopped his entire body over the boards with the help of Cam Ward.

It was a perfectly symbolic moment for Carolina, considering they couldn’t get one over all night: The New York Rangers won, 1-0.

But as Anton Khudobin has taught us all, if at first you don’t succeed, do what ever you can to not embarrass yourself until your buddy literally drags you to safety.

Also, that the game is played on ice.

s/t My Regular Face