Losing 2 goalkeepers, the visitors borrow the host’s driver to keep the ultimate goal
The joke can only take place at the American ice hockey tournament.
A bizarre rule at the American Major Ice Hockey (NHL) is, if either team loses both goalkeepers due to injury they will have to take 1 of the audience to keep goal. This confusing rule seemed to never have a chance to apply, but this situation happened in the match between Toronto Maple Leafs against Carolina Hurricanes.
The ice rink cleaning driver Ayres Zamboni, who works for the home hockey club Toronto, was reluctant to become goalkeepers when two Carolina goalkeepers got injured and could not play. The 42-year-old man who just entered the field in the second half has conceded 2 goals, which makes Carolina fans unhappy, they think this is no different from the insider game, but when the machine works, everything was different.
With extremely good reflexes, understanding every millimeter on the field, Zamboni has surprised everyone with his ability to catch hockey like “Spiderman”. More impressively, the reluctant goalkeeper also pushed 8 situations to score ten goals of the host, greatly contributing to the 6-3 victory of the Carolina team against host Toronto.
With 8 successful blocks, the 42-year-old man became the best player in the match and received a reward of 500 USD.
“In the second half I was shaking, but I told my teammates that it would be okay in the third half, which would help the team win this. I was a bit shocked, but I love the feeling. I played on the pitch. This tape many times and of course there was no audience at that time, and this is the first time I played in front of such a crowd, “the driver for the Toronto ice rink shared emotions after the game.
Grateful to the 42-year-old Carolina Hurricanes, a 42-year-old goalkeeper, tweeted a clip of Ayres Zamboni’s celebration with the caption: “We will remember this man forever.”