Coyotes sign goalie off the street for one game

One of a biggest traditions in amateur entertainment is a Texas A&M Aggies Twelfth Man. The story goes that a player named E. King Gill was not on a roster though a burned out squad needed an additional man only in case. Gill never got into a game though was after quoted as saying we simply stood by in box my group needed me. Well Gill, step aside, since Tom Fenton has a story of his own to tell. The Phoenix Coyotes were reduced a goalie when Ilya Bryzgalov came down with a influenza and a director was told to demeanour for somebody local who could uncover up in a subsequent couple of hours.

Enter in Tom Fenton, who played hockey for American International College in 2009.

My phone rang, we didnt pick it up, Fenton, 26, said, according to a Coyotes website. we eventually saw who it was so we picked it up after a haircut and called them right back. They fundamentally pronounced we have to get my boundary down to MSG as shortly as we can.

According to a ever omniscient Puck Daddy, this isnt a initial time this has happened in new memory. The Pittsburgh Penguins needed a late back-up for Marc-Andre Fleury final year and two years ago, a Washington Capital hilariously had to fit up a web site writer when a goalie didnt uncover up in time.

Two years ago, a Washington Capitals Web site writer famously went from a press box to a bench to backup Jose Theodore(notes) since Semyon Varlamov(notes) didnt arrive in time from his call up and Brent Johnson was suffering with a hip injury. Brett Leonhardt(notes) didnt see any movement that night, though did more media than any Washington player a rest of a week.

So, we theory a dignified of a story is, never say never. Or at a very least, youre telling me theres a chance.

Amateur goalie Tom Fenton sealed by Coyotes [ESPN]