Let Me Tell You About The Maple Leafs Last Night

Yesterday the Carolina Hurricanes played the Toronto Maple Leafs. James Reimer started for the Canes in net and went down with an injury. His backup Petr Mrazek replaced him and went out to play the puck and got crushed by Kyle Clifford. At every NHL game, there's an emergency goalie in case one team's goalies go down.

Enter 42 year old David Ayres.

David hasn't played any level of professional hockey. He played in the lower junior league a long time ago. He's practiced with the Toronto Marlies and Leafs. He's also the Zamboni drive for the Marlies.

The Leafs are down 4-2 when he comes in. Everyone watching the game thinks it's over. The first two shots on Ayres go in. The Hurricanes tighten up their defense and Ayres doesn't let another puck into the back of the net. The Hurricanes end up winning 6-4. Ayres gets his first NHL win and is the oldest player to do so. 

The Hurricanes are selling shirts with his name and number on it. I might get a jersey instead because history doesn't happen every day.