CBS Sports:
On Saturday in Toronto, injuries to both James Reimer and Petr Mrazek forced the Carolina Hurricanes to call on in-house emergency goaltender David Ayres in the second period against the Toronto Maple leafs. Reimer was forced out with an injury late in the first period, and Mrazek left after Kyle Clifford collided with him while going for a loose puck midway through the second period. Clifford was given a charging penalty on the play.
Here’s the moment Ayres was brought on for his unexpected duties.
Here's something you don't see every day.
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 23, 2020
After Petr Mrazek and James Reimer went down with injurues, emergency goalie David Ayres makes his @NHL debut! pic.twitter.com/DR1pswn90C
Carolina held Toronto to 10 shots on goal in the 28-plus minutes Ayres was in net, and he stopped the final eight in helping the Canes to a 6-3 victory. He told Sportsnet in Canada after the game that the experience was awesome: “Obviously the time of my life out there … once in a lifetime, I’ll take it.”
For Canadians, feel-good stories don’t get any better than this. The fact he beat the Leafs makes it even sweeter for me.