Blackhawks press 36-year-old accountant into goal tending duty

And it was against the Jets.

If this were the Sabres I’d say this wasn’t much of a step up for him.

 

I love emergency goalies, and I love that this guy got some meaningful time and shut down the Jets. The end, when the rest of the team surrounded him, is amazing. The look on his face when the horn blows, even through his mask, is priceless. Pretty solid post-game interview, too. The guy can do it all.

 

It’s a credential, not a job description. Plenty of financial planners, CFOs, professors, etc., have it.

 

"Fuck Scott Foster"
- Winnipeg radio host, probably

 

Didn't realize that either team could call in the same emergency goalie if needed.

 

Quality stuff here:

 

I *think* I remembered hearing that on sports talk one day and dismissing it.

 

Dude worked both the most boring job and the most exciting job in North America in a single work day.

 

Lester Patrick doesn’t see what the big deal is.

 

Men were real men back in those days. Not only did they not wear masks, but they were their own backup goalies. Georges Vezina had to be spitting up blood and collapse on the ice with the disease that would eventually kill him before he would allow himself to be taken out of the game.

 

Yeah. Each NHL team is required to keep a list of emergency goalies in their city for use by both teams. I assume if the Jets had needed one they just would have gone to the next guy on the list.

 

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