What happens if the backup goalie gets injured

Under NHL rules, when a team's two goalies are hurt or otherwise incapacitated the club "shall be entitled to dress and play any available goalkeeper who is eligible.

Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said he originally wasn't planning to watch that Carolina-Toronto game on TV, flipping to it only when word broke that a Zamboni driver was in net. In some places, there are tryouts. Fortunately in Winnipeg, we have a lot of former college players and the like. Florida general manager Dale Tallon has been through the emergency situation a couple of times in recent years — once with the team on the cusp of putting goaltender coach Robb Tallas into a game, another three years ago where a team account executive was summoned.

Neither got into the game. And while Tallon said he was nervous for Ayres on his big night, he also wasn't inclined to call for change. That's the reality of that night," Tallon said. Three times it's happened in 50 years. It is the goalie's main job to protect the net and stop the puck from entering it. Although goals are scored all of the time in hockey, when goalies are very good at protecting their nets and the puck from entering it, hockey games will be very low scoring.

Therefore, the best goalies are the ones that can save the highest percentage of shots from going in their net. Hockey goalies wear extra equipment in order to stay protected from the puck and injury. In addition to a mouth guard, a chest protector or shoulder pads, elbow pads, a 'jock', and a neck guard, goalies also wear other specialized equipment.

Some of these include special goalie skates, a larger helmet, goalie pads that protect their legs, and lastly a blocker and glove, instead of regular hockey gloves. In ice hockey, pulling the goalie is a tactic used when a team is losing by one goal.

Teams are allowed to pull or remove their goalie from the ice in order to add an additional skater to the ice. He was at least comfortable enough to serve as the team's emergency goalie and hit the ice if needed. After signing his contract, Schoenfeld put on his No. Then he was off to the bench. The former college goalie never did enter the game. Arizona netminder Louis Domingue stayed healthy and led his team to a victory over the Canadiens, making 17 saves in the game.

Just because he didn't see any time on the ice doesn't mean the team didn't appreciate his helping out in a pinch, however. Schoenfeld received the game belt from the Coyotes.