David Nozzolillo, a senior vice president at Wintrust Bank, found himself in an NHL locker room on a seemingly routine Friday evening. With a flu outbreak leaving the Blackhawks' roster in disarray, ...

On a recent Friday, the Blackhawks were in dire straits when both their starting goalies, Spencer Knight and Arvid Soderblom, were scratched from the lineup. With a game looming against the Capitals, ...

VANCOUVER-- Roberto Luongo can't help but chuckle as he describes how goalie coach Robb Tallas looked as he put on his equipment to go into a game in March, pointing to the white Florida Panthers' ...

When a 42-year-old Zamboni driver entered as an emergency goaltender and won an NHL game, it became one of the best stories in sports. But David Ayres going from practicing with the Toronto Maple ...

It's a story right out of Hollywood. The Los Angeles Kings are hosting open tryouts on Sept. 27 to find their emergency goaltender. "The NHL requires each home team to have an emergency goalie in the ...

It's 2 p.m. when Tyler Stewart's phone rings. "Hello?" he says. "Hey Tyler - Carter Hutton was hurt in practice this morning and we were wondering if you could help us out," responded Blues Director ...

For 14 minutes 1 second, a professional hockey team in Chicago put its trust in a 36-year-old accountant from Oak Park, Illinois. After he was called on to the ice, he took his position in front of ...

CHICAGO -- Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant signed a contract, put on his goaltender gear and waited in the Chicago Blackhawks' locker room.

The NHL's emergency backup goaltender (EBUG) rules can create some amazing stories. On Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks backup goalie is actually a geologist. The Sharks were without Yaroslav ...

Goaltending issues have been quite the struggle this season. We've seen plenty of injuries so far, teams needing emergency recalls, calling up AHL goalies, signing players to tryouts just to have them ...

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