Player's Tribune: Emergency Goalies
Kind of a cool read.
Quote:
The goalie goes down. The puck stops and the trainers rush the ice. The whole arena goes silent. A voice calls out from down on the ice.
“Help! Is there a goalie in the house?!”
… Okay, so that’s not really how it happens. But that’s what it feels like when you’re an emergency backup goalie in the NHL and you get the call on game night.
The NHL requires each team to have a house emergency goalie on standby in case either the home or the visiting team needs one. For the Minnesota Wild, I’m that guy. And last week, I got the rare call that turned a pretty average Thursday night into one I’ll probably be talking about for a long time.
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http://www.theplayerstribune.com/wil...rce=newsletter
How many of us have wondered about the backup goalie situation? I remember going to the Flames vs. Sabres game where Ramo was supposed to start but was so sick that Hiller had to go in and there was no backup on the bench even.
Very cool.
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