Miracle on Ice Part 2

**Yazata** · (This post was last modified: Feb 25, 2020 12:24 AM by Yazata.)

Here's a feel good story:

The Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey team was playing the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto. When their goalie went down with an injury, then the backup goalie also went down, they were in trouble because they only had two goalies. So... up stepped a 42 year old Scotiabank Arena Zamboni driver named David Ayres who apparently knew how to play the position. Besides being the arena's Zamboni driver, he's a youth hockey coach. (Isn't every Canadian a youth hockey coach?) He says all he was thinking about was not to embarrass himself out there. And he didn't. He stopped eight shots on goal and won the game. The Canadian fans gave him a huge ovation despite his having just beaten their Leafs and here's the reception when he entered the Canes' "dressing room" (Canadian for 'locker room').

https://twitter.com/Canes/status/1231423595735396354

Apparently there's only one emergency goalie per game and if the Leafs had needed him first, he would have played for them. He's a Toronto guy who works for the Maple Leafs' Scotiabank arena.

The city of Raleigh NC has just declared 'David Ayres Day' and Ayres will be guest of honor at their arena.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/zamboni-dr...ox-friends

https://www.wralsportsfan.com/other-emer.../18972377/

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/...70701.html

gGBb

**Syne** · Feb 25, 2020 12:37 AM

Miracle on Ice 1 showed up to support a Trump rally. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...ump-rally/

**Zinjanthropos** · (This post was last modified: Feb 25, 2020 04:34 PM by Zinjanthropos.)

National Hockey League rule to have an EBUG (Emergency Backup Goaltender) on site at every game. I think this latest event is only the 2nd time one has been used in a game. In this case the first two shots he faced went in the net but he stopped all afterwards. Made for a fun night of watching TV hockey. Mr Ayres has earned himself more than 15 minutes of fame. Good for him and I hope he cashes in.

I read some of his wife’s tweets as this was happening and they were funny. She wasn’t afraid to use the King’s language a few times. Did you know there is a business in Canada where goaltenders rent themselves out (rent-a-goalie) to local hockey nuts who need one for recreational hockey?