A pregame injury left the Iowa Wild without a backup goalie, forcing the team to turn to a locker room attendant as an ...

Former Zamboni driver-turned-arena manager David Ayres became an immediate sensation when he pulled on the goaltending gear and took the ice in an NHL game on a Saturday night in Toronto and beat his ...

The Washington Capitals had a new backup goalie on Friday night for their game against the Anaheim Ducks, and it might not be ...

On Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks backup goalie is actually a geologist. The Sharks were without Yaroslav Aksarov due to ...

In an unexpected twist during a pivotal NHL match, the Washington Capitals turned to a unique emergency backup goalie: Parker Milner, a food writer and former minor league hockey player. This unusual ...

VANCOUVER-- Artem Anisimov has played 770 NHL games as a forward, so seeing him fully dressed in goalie equipment in the Ottawa Senators locker room on Saturday generated a lot of laughter from his ...

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- By day, Mike Chiasson is a goaltending development coach at the Lemieux Complex and the Penguins' manager of youth hockey. By night, he's the Penguins' emergency backup goaltender.

If this season turns out to be Connor Beaupre’s last as the Wild’s emergency backup goaltender, that’s OK, he said Tuesday. It’s been a good run for the lifelong Minnesotan and son of former North ...

Kyle Konin was the emergency backup goalie for the St. Louis Blues against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Jordan Binnington was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol, and the Blues initially said ...

Before that, accountant by day/beer league goalie by night Scott Foster won a game for Chicago. It's the stuff of legend, possible only in hockey thanks to the existence of emergency backup ...