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This is how Freddie Brathwaite's National Hockey League career began in 1999:

It was midway through the 1998-99 season and the Calgary Flames were enduring an injury crisis, similar to what the St. Louis Blues are today. First, their goaltending starter, Ken Wregget, went down. Then his backup, Tyler Moss, was injured. Then the first call-up, J. S. Giguere, got hurt, as did the second call-up, Andrei Trefilov. A goaltender from the East Coast Hockey League, Tyrone Garner, came up, but struggled.

Correction: Pavel Nestak was the call-up from the ECHL. Tyrone Garner was an emergency call-up from Oshawa; he was still a JUNIOR! That's how deep the Flames had to go to find a guy to play goal that year.