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 ...

Hockey is absolutely full of surprises, but nothing quite compares to watching a completely ordinary regular person step into an NHL game. The Emergency Backup Goalie rule makes that truly possible.

to the St. Louis Blues at Rogers Arena on Sunday. The 25-year-old, who has been one of Vancouver's EBUGs for the past five seasons, was signed to an amateur tryout agreement prior to the game. Toth is ...

Michal Postava has become a real option in Detroit’s goalie mix after a strong AHL season. See what it means for the Red ...

CHICAGO --Scott Foster made seven saves as the emergency backup goalie to help the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 at United Center on Thursday. "The initial shock happened when I had ...

Justus Annunen won the biggest game of the season for the Nashville Predators, and he wasn’t even supposed to start. When news broke that starter Juuse Saros suffered an upper-body injury at morning ...

It felt like goalie Colten Ellis’ stay here would be brief. Perhaps after filling the backup role for a couple of weeks as Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen recovered from an injury, the Sabres would place the ...

The Edmonton Oilers' 7-3 beatdown of the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night featured one of the feel-good stories of the 2022-23 NHL season, as emergency backup goalie Matt Berlin made his NHL debut ...

When he was an NHL goaltender, Brian Boucher recalls that he would look up at the shot counter and keep telling himself how many more pucks he would need to stop to make it a good game. “It was a way ...

The Edmonton Oilers are entering the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs with hopes of finally getting over the hump, as their back-to-back foes, the Florida Panthers, couldn't make it to the postseason this ...

Backup goaltender Justus Annunen started for the Nashville Predators after starter Juuse Saros was injured. Annunen made 25 saves to help the Predators secure a crucial 3-1 victory against the Seattle ...