Love how the commentators are at the start talking about what kind of disaster this will be. Little do they know that a week later this man would be standing in the Hockey Hall of Fame donating his stick to the museum. Never sell someone short no matter what!
totally agreed, I have been a goalie for 19 years and the fact that they are saying that he is doomed is ridiculous... the fact that this guy kept his head up the entire time he was out there and fought through it was the toughest part of the whole thing. Goaltending is 80 percent mental in these situations if you have even a little experience practicing at these levels.
@@Ibelikemj It's a regional broadcast. That's the job. As a Carolina fan from Alberta, who knows hockey, I do roll my eyes at some of the things he says, but that's his job. Just like Jack Edwards, dislike his bias of Boston to the point where Boston could kill a guy on the ice and he'd be upset at the penalty. However, he's only regional, so I can look past that, and just laugh at the stupid shit.
That’s playing for the goalie right there. In fact when Rod headed into the locker room for the break he was thinking, “how am I gonna motivate these guys?” He didn’t need to, when he got there they were going, “we’re not out of this yet, we can’t give the Leafs anything. And we gotta take any opportunity we get to extend the lead.”
@@Iambetterthanyouanduknowit Try something original. We've been hearing that one for almost 25 years. What nobody in Carolina REALLY gives a shit about is what fuckstains like you think about what we care about.
As a leafs fan its kind of refreshing to see this point of view, what a great story, it's not about the leafs being horrible it's about a 42 y.o man getting his moment and making history and international headlines, in hindsight that's worth alot more than 2pts. To the leafs
@@uk5671 It's not by age standards no, but if you've ever played goalie, you know how absolutely destructive it can be on the body. It's arguably far more physically intensive than any other spot in hockey, but what Dave had to his advantage is that he's not only a beer league guy, but he's the practice goalie for the Marlies and sometimes the Leafs(aside from being the EBUG) when he's not running the zamboni. He doesn't do it all the time, obviously, but he does practice with them both a good bit.
European here who doesn't understand anything about this sport. This guy was working for the opposite team or something right? How do they know that the emergency goalie will play at his best if he is like a supporter of the opponent? Can somebody explain?
Fast forward to 31.05.2021 And the Leafs prove once again the losers they are. The Owners don't want to win, The Management doesn't want to win and many of the players simply collecting a cheque. They are true Losers. Meanwhile, in the 54th year since the Stanley Cup was last hoisted in Toronto. Losers.
I love how right before Ayres comes out of the tunnel Rod basically says to his assistant coach “I don’t envy this poor son of a bitch” and the assistant starts chuckling.
Was happy for him. His heart was probably pumping out of his chest. Wasn't an ideal situation but he made some nice saves against a stacked offensive team. Some of the best players in the world. What a memory for Ayers.
Was this a playoff game or something? It seemed like it was such a big deal that their 2nd goalie came out. I just got into hockey but teams in other sports say like basketball can afford to sometimes drop a game due to impactful injuries.
@@mdb1010 I'm glad you said you're just getting into hockey. I get what you're saying. In short, yes, this is a big deal. In the grand scheme, they could've "dropped the game," so to speak. That's irrelevant. What's cool is watching someone - a zamboni driver for the opposing minor league team - get his one chance and rock it. That's what's fun here.
@@mdb1010no, but it was a critical game in the playoff race. The NHL requires all teams have an emergency goaltender list. It’s usually a college kid or an employee of the team with experience. If they aren’t employees, they are provided regular season tickets. If one of the teams has a goalie get injured and they cannot get their own replacement into the arena in time, they are required to suit up. David Ayres is one of the Zamboni drivers for the Leafs, mainly for the Marlies (the AHL affiliate). The Canes primary goaltender was injured in the first period. So, the Leafs made Ayres available to the Canes. Then, the backup got hurt in that collision at the start of the video. This forced David Ayres to play in a NHL game. He had the full third period plus the balance of the second period of play to survive (~28 minutes of hockey). He only let in two goals and was credited with the win, making him the only emergency goalie to be credited with a win.
Great respect to the Canes for making the very most of that entire situation and for Ayers to get that win and celebrating with him like it was a playoff game because he may never get that type of opportunity again. Well done!
What an amazing story. Hockey is(I believe) still considered one of the 'big four'(football, baseball, basketball, and hockey(in no particular order)) and this is one of the amazing things about hockey...In NONE of the other 'big four' games can you take a someone out of the stands and put them in the game...It's a freaking amazing thing/element about hockey...
If they dont make a movie about this, David Ayres lives his dream right now and makes sports history right now. Love this how it ends, great sports history.
Johnny Bower, the legendary HOF goalkeeper for the Maple Leafs, was a rookie at age 35. He played 8 years, won 4 Rings, including 3 in a row ( 62 - 64 ) and his last in 1967 at the age of 43 ( It might have been 42 or 44, I'm doing this from memory ) With Terry Sawchuck as the team's second goalie, and he was over 40 also. Don't knock old goalies, there's quite a few with Cup wins and HOF rings after 40. David Ayres , good for you my man.
Much Respect for this man.... He didn't hog the spot light, he gave much credit to the Canes defense saving him .... Well done...Well done keep your cool..
Will always for the rest of my life remember watching this unfold. As a Leafs fan it's both the most humiliating, embarrassing defeat I think in franchise history. But as a human you gotta love the story.
He got 1 full period and another couple minutes of the second. So he got over 20. Idk where you did math at where you got 15 when a full period is 20 minutes and the collision HAPPENED during the second.
What a game this was. Dave Ayres saved the day. At 42 years old. Everybody were on pins & needles. Wondering if Remier would reappear for the 3rd Period. In the end Canes get the win
This also happened to the Florida Panthers Franchise as well years ago, where their goaltending coach had to step in because both of their goalies were injured in the same game. History repeats itself. Bravo Ayers!!
I could be wrong, but I believe the Panthers coach never actually entered the game because then EBUG is not allowed to be a member of the coaching or training staff.
I've seen it happen so many times, when you know your goalie isn't strong, the whole team starts to play incredibly hard defense, when this happened i knew Toronto wasn't going to just run them over.
Good for him! Living every Canadian kids dream. Hated hearing the negative commentary when David Ayers first stepped onto the ice. What these “ expert” sportscasters don’t realize is that the emergency goalies are really GOOD or they wouldn’t be the in that position🤦♀️
Damn right. Just to play at those lower tiers you have to have some skills. Maybe not the freak skills of an NHL guy, but you aren't going to be Bubba Joe at the Circle Jerk. Ayres had clearly played a lot of hockey and he had the better team in front of him.
@@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447 I'm assuming you're trolling, because the home team provides the emergency goalie, and whichever of the two teams playing needs the emergency goalie, that is the team they play for. You don't carry an emergency goalie on the roster precisely because the home team furnishes that. Mr. Ayres played for the 'Canes that night because he's the emergency for two teams playing that night.
Yup, there’s at least one for every game in every city. And they have to play for either the home or away team if they get called up. But that rarely ever happens, which is why this was so crazy.
The first shot he was screened and it was a well placed sniped shot, though if he was not completely cold, he might have got down to it quicker. The second goal was definitely one that every goalie has given up in his career. Tough shot, can't control the rebound and your D doesn´t clean it up and the forward gets an easy tap in. Everyone has been there. I can't fault Ayers on any of those goals.
I don't think Clifford deserved the penalty, but I understand why they made that call. He would have been a lightning rod for some kind of retaliation. At least they reduced it to 2 minutes.
That and I think it looked intentional to the refs at full speed on the ice, when they got a look with the video they realized they messed up. But when you see how far he traveled, you can see their line of reasoning
I don’t know why the one announcer would say his heart breaks for the canes it’s not like anyone died he’s making it sound like it’s the end of the world. To over the top.
SI had a good explanation of how important the game was to the Canes at the time. A loss would have put them 4 points out of a playoff spot, and going to Ayres certainly seemed like a guaranteed L for a team that was trying to make the post-season for the first time in 10 years. www.si.com/nhl/2020/02/27/david-ayres-hurricanes-nhl-emergency-backups
Adam Baker true, but let’s not forget the Canes defense that game. They made it extremely difficult for the Leafs to do anything, of course the opposite can be said for the Leafs defense
You're a clown. The NHL has many bad goalies and around 30 goalies that aren't good enough to be a starter. These people get beat bad consistently against the best players in the world and this guy never even came close to their level so they have the right to worry when he comes in especially considering how bad he did and how lucky he is to have faced so few and easy shots. Its a feel good story but theres a reason everyone is laughing about it afterwards and mocking the fake hockey team in blue. If hes so good then why is this even a story?
@@jamielushman7577 can you please explain what his incentive to do well for the Canes is? Why would he want to help them win when he works for Toronto?
How in the f**k were neither player even knocked out after this ??? It was such a massive hit that it whacked Mrazek's helmet clear off, faceplanted him into the rink and deflected Clifford into the wall...omg...
Ayres had a GA of 4.18 and a save % of .800. Yes the Leafs lost, but they lost because Carolina put on an absolute clinic on defensive mid zone hockey. That unfortunately is the lost story. Ayres should get his day in the sun. Damn it's hard to be a Leaf'r.
Carolina played like they were protecting a one goal lead in game 7 of the SCF, that’s how they won, they made absolutely certain the Leafs didn’t get any high danger chances in that 3rd period. They hit the ice running. And of course the offense did their job as well, they extended the lead the instant they got the opportunity.
The absolute beginning of this video when the Carolina and Toronto players realize what has happened and the 'oh f*cks' start going around is hilarious. And how did this all turn out?
I am a Colorado Avalanche fan that said there are two things about this game that struck me. I I would like to thank David Ayers, The Hurricanes and the Toronto FANS for putting a smile on all our faces. Considering the look on Rod Brind'Amours face when he realized what was going to happen and then his joy at the buzzer.. we all knew there are miracles even if it's every 40 years. But I am left wondering if in the heads of a few of the Leaf players they "soft played" the second half of the game?
Commentator said that this situation has never happened before but EBUG Scott Foster stepped in for Chicago a few years ago and helped the Blackhawks beat the Jets.
It’s the longest time an emergency goalie was forced into service. Scott Foster only had 14 minutes to play. Delia was credited the save as Foster held the lead
Well, Ayres had to be nearly 1.5 periods. Definitely an interesting and unprecedented situation where an EBUG plays nearly half the game. Also, both Forslund and Tracy have been around the league for a while (Forslund since '95 with the Whalers, Tracy since '98), so they've seen a thing or two.
Chills! This enjoyable scenes! Straight A grades! Back here for ongoing support!😆 This is simple entertainment for me It gets interesting near the end.
I never new there’s a list of available goalies(whatever qualifies) in the area that is provided for every NHL game. The list is known as the Designated Survivor.
What got me from the first I watched various videos about this incident was that it looks like the Hurricane's coach never, not once, seems to even acknowledge Ayers. I know Ayer's isn't a Hurricane, but jeesus, the coach could at least look at him, for Christ's sake.
“You weren’t just fond of losing to backup goaltenders, you lose to a 42-year old Zamboni driver…on your home ice…after both Hurricanes goalies were injured…and you employ said Zamboni driver” - Urinatingtree, “The Toronto Maple Leafs: A Half-Century of Failure”
2018 : Game 7 Loss 2019 : Game 7 Loss 2020 : Zamboni driver Loss and Game 5 Qualifying Loss 2021 : Game 7 Loss One of these things is not like the other.
simultaneously one of the best stories in NHL history and one of the worst performances by any team in NHL history
Would you expect anything Less from the Leafs?
@@joshuashamai2876 yes one would expect more from 2019-2020 Leafs
He also had five defenders supporting him, and that includes the forwards.
Geddo thanks for clarifying, i thought they had 7 guys on the ice
@@gedias1 those five defenders still scored 3 goals tho
Love how the commentators are at the start talking about what kind of disaster this will be. Little do they know that a week later this man would be standing in the Hockey Hall of Fame donating his stick to the museum. Never sell someone short no matter what!
totally agreed, I have been a goalie for 19 years and the fact that they are saying that he is doomed is ridiculous... the fact that this guy kept his head up the entire time he was out there and fought through it was the toughest part of the whole thing. Goaltending is 80 percent mental in these situations if you have even a little experience practicing at these levels.
they were talking like mrazek died or something lol.
I mean Tripp is a homer lol
In my opinion, they jinxed their own team.
@@Ibelikemj It's a regional broadcast. That's the job. As a Carolina fan from Alberta, who knows hockey, I do roll my eyes at some of the things he says, but that's his job. Just like Jack Edwards, dislike his bias of Boston to the point where Boston could kill a guy on the ice and he'd be upset at the penalty. However, he's only regional, so I can look past that, and just laugh at the stupid shit.
The irony in this is the next morning after this game, he was the Leafs practice goalie.
He was already being there practice goalie before this match, its why he became an emergency goalie some of the team asked him to do so.
Practice goalie? He was their damn daddy :D
Steve Dangle screaming intensifies
Never gets old! Only NHL goalie to have a 100% win ratio.
Robert Emerson Scott Foster
@@mystical2997 Foster wasn't credited with the win
He also had more shots on goals that William Nylander did that night.
No he’s not
Foster is the only to have a 100% save rate though
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better defensive lockdown than the Canes displayed after Mrazek went down, the really played hard for Ayers
That’s playing for the goalie right there. In fact when Rod headed into the locker room for the break he was thinking, “how am I gonna motivate these guys?” He didn’t need to, when he got there they were going, “we’re not out of this yet, we can’t give the Leafs anything. And we gotta take any opportunity we get to extend the lead.”
Call an ambulance, call an ambulance
But not for me
Hahahaha
Operator: sir lets be honest when your the one in danger your almost never the one making the call
@@angelo_infinite2391 …..r/woooosh??? Or no??
No but call an ambulance for mrazek please
David Ayers will never have to buy a meal or a drink in Raleigh ever again.
I'm thinking this might be true. Especially at the Canes arena!
If you were talking about ric flair I would believe you but no one gives a shit about hockey in Carolina lol
@@Iambetterthanyouanduknowit Try something original. We've been hearing that one for almost 25 years. What nobody in Carolina REALLY gives a shit about is what fuckstains like you think about what we care about.
@@canesmojo 🤣🤣🤣 *ric flair voice* WOOOOOOOOOO
Yes he will
As a leafs fan its kind of refreshing to see this point of view, what a great story, it's not about the leafs being horrible it's about a 42 y.o man getting his moment and making history and international headlines, in hindsight that's worth alot more than 2pts. To the leafs
Also just realized ayres now has a Wikipedia page listing him as a professional ice hockey player, how freaking cool is that
❤
@@uk5671 It's not by age standards no, but if you've ever played goalie, you know how absolutely destructive it can be on the body. It's arguably far more physically intensive than any other spot in hockey, but what Dave had to his advantage is that he's not only a beer league guy, but he's the practice goalie for the Marlies and sometimes the Leafs(aside from being the EBUG) when he's not running the zamboni. He doesn't do it all the time, obviously, but he does practice with them both a good bit.
Hockey is the only professional sport where a team can literally pull someone from the stands to play in an emergency.
Up here in canada this rings true. You could pluck most guys of the street and they will be the worst player, but still a player.
You can do it in boxing as well
@@stephenboyer8209 it wasnt anyone from the stands, he was a minor league player.
@@alexcoronabut they can literally pluck someone from the stands.
European here who doesn't understand anything about this sport. This guy was working for the opposite team or something right? How do they know that the emergency goalie will play at his best if he is like a supporter of the opponent? Can somebody explain?
1980 Lake Placid US hockey team. "we're the miracle on ice"
EXACTLY 40 years to the day, Dave Ayres. "Hold my zamboni's Jerry can"
Vincent Fournier zamboni keys
That's crazy.. 40 years to the day
Lol I love it. Just a heads up though zambonis run on propane
I know i saw that too because like sick how he came out on the day tjey did that right (Feb. 22nd)
That moment in history when the Leafs couldn't beat their own zamboni driver. 1967..........
🤣
and fans have the audacity to say that the lafs are the best team 💀
Did he lose his job as the zamboni driver?
That's minor league zamboni driver!
Fast forward to 31.05.2021 And the Leafs prove once again the losers they are. The Owners don't want to win, The Management doesn't want to win and many of the players simply collecting a cheque. They are true Losers. Meanwhile, in the 54th year since the Stanley Cup was last hoisted in Toronto. Losers.
*Steve dangle Whitney Houston voice crack*
THEY JUST LOST, TO A 42 YEAR OLD ZAMBONI DRIVER, WHO WORKS FOR THE TEAM!
Urinatingtree is laughing right now.
IT'S LIKE WHEN JOHN LENNON THOUGHT JESUS WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE OR SOMETHING!!!
🤣
@@PatFrenchLeafsFan1 no he said the beatles were more popular than Jesus at that time, he was probably right
I love how right before Ayres comes out of the tunnel Rod basically says to his assistant coach “I don’t envy this poor son of a bitch” and the assistant starts chuckling.
Could you give me a time stamp. I’m awful at reading lips.
@@chodeoriki4113 4.31
When he was getting his practice shots you can tell they were easy shots to stop. The Leafs have no excuse.
Dude I love this story, even the announcers had literally no hope for the Canes
Was happy for him. His heart was probably pumping out of his chest. Wasn't an ideal situation but he made some nice saves against a stacked offensive team. Some of the best players in the world. What a memory for Ayers.
As a 50 year old guy that’s played net for years. This brings a HUGE smile to my face and I am a Leaf fan. Good on you David
I love the player who came in and said "AYE FUCKING DAVEY" 😂 What a moment.
Two years later, and still awesome. This is one of the best moments ever.
The tweets were legendary lol
Was this a playoff game or something? It seemed like it was such a big deal that their 2nd goalie came out. I just got into hockey but teams in other sports say like basketball can afford to sometimes drop a game due to impactful injuries.
@@mdb1010 I'm glad you said you're just getting into hockey. I get what you're saying.
In short, yes, this is a big deal. In the grand scheme, they could've "dropped the game," so to speak. That's irrelevant. What's cool is watching someone - a zamboni driver for the opposing minor league team - get his one chance and rock it. That's what's fun here.
@@mdb1010no, but it was a critical game in the playoff race. The NHL requires all teams have an emergency goaltender list. It’s usually a college kid or an employee of the team with experience. If they aren’t employees, they are provided regular season tickets. If one of the teams has a goalie get injured and they cannot get their own replacement into the arena in time, they are required to suit up.
David Ayres is one of the Zamboni drivers for the Leafs, mainly for the Marlies (the AHL affiliate). The Canes primary goaltender was injured in the first period. So, the Leafs made Ayres available to the Canes. Then, the backup got hurt in that collision at the start of the video. This forced David Ayres to play in a NHL game. He had the full third period plus the balance of the second period of play to survive (~28 minutes of hockey). He only let in two goals and was credited with the win, making him the only emergency goalie to be credited with a win.
Great respect to the Canes for making the very most of that entire situation and for Ayers to get that win and celebrating with him like it was a playoff game because he may never get that type of opportunity again. Well done!
What an amazing story. Hockey is(I believe) still considered one of the 'big four'(football, baseball, basketball, and hockey(in no particular order)) and this is one of the amazing things about hockey...In NONE of the other 'big four' games can you take a someone out of the stands and put them in the game...It's a freaking amazing thing/element about hockey...
"my heart breaks for this Hurricanes hockey club right now"
I wouldn't worry about it.
Turns out that wasn't the club we should be worrying about
A bit of an overstatement, in hindsight 😉
The rangers are who they have to be concerned about lmao
Way to jinx the team buddy
666kingdrummer nahh it’s a prediction!
I still can't believe Mrazek did that with no backup goalie.
Right? Ur asking to get injured.
Ferda
Living proof of "Anyone with 2 hands has a fighting chance"
Damn right!
If they dont make a movie about this, David Ayres lives his dream right now and makes sports history right now.
Love this how it ends, great sports history.
What?! Are you sure that’s how it works? And not because he had more ice time than the other two goalies?
They won’t make a movie out of it coz as steve dangle said. “The team shooting against the emergency goalie, WOULD ACTUALLY SHOOOOOOOT”
Christopher Mulligan I imagine it’s like a 30 for 30 or a mini documentary.
Apparently Disney is working on something 👀
@@mp035 James Corden confirmed something is in the works
Johnny Bower, the legendary HOF goalkeeper for the Maple Leafs, was a rookie at age 35. He played 8 years, won 4 Rings, including 3 in a row ( 62 - 64 ) and his last in 1967 at the age of 43 ( It might have been 42 or 44, I'm doing this from memory ) With Terry Sawchuck as the team's second goalie, and he was over 40 also. Don't knock old goalies, there's quite a few with Cup wins and HOF rings after 40. David Ayres , good for you my man.
they act like just because hes not nhl level hes going to let every shot in, no. This guy knows how to goaltend and is better than 99% of us at it.
RESPECT TO THE MAN LIVING HIS DREAM!!
WOW. ... sorry Leafs.. that has to hurt.
Much Respect for this man.... He didn't hog the spot light, he gave much credit to the Canes defense saving him .... Well done...Well done keep your cool..
one of the greatest heartfelt moments in the NHL all time
"WE LOST TO AN ZAMBONI DRIVER!"
WHO WORKS FOR US!
A, not AN
🤣👏😭🤣
@@bremCZ shutup asshole
@@texasguy5377 You're missing a comma.
This is why sports are so special! On any given night in any kind of game there's always potential for something magical like this happening.
Will always for the rest of my life remember watching this unfold. As a Leafs fan it's both the most humiliating, embarrassing defeat I think in franchise history. But as a human you gotta love the story.
Emergency goalie might be my favorite rule in sports
"my heart breaks for this hurricanes team" is back litterally 2 games later lmao
Maybe an underrated part of this is the fact that the leafs have already given up 30 shots halfway through the game
I love the team celebrating with him after the buzzer.
Leaf fan but how cant u LOVE this he got his 15 mins of fame way 2 go man!!!
I think you will find that Ayres got 29 minutes of fame!!
28 minutes*
Frank Jones who cares about the amount of time that he got to play.
He got 1 full period and another couple minutes of the second. So he got over 20. Idk where you did math at where you got 15 when a full period is 20 minutes and the collision HAPPENED during the second.
We are still talking about it, so well over a year of fame now, lets keep it going 🙂
What a game this was. Dave Ayres saved the day. At 42 years old. Everybody were on pins & needles. Wondering if Remier would reappear for the 3rd Period. In the end Canes get the win
Still brings a smile to face every time a watch this. It’s just awesome on so many levels.
I frequently will come back to this one as well. Love it.
Ayres is a "conte de fée" guy! Not only he kept the fort but he's such a lovable and humble guy,
That’s impressive to go pro that quick and not choke. The other team was gunning for that man. Well done.
The Hurricanes played like they were protecting a one goal lead in game 7 of the SCF. That helped Ayers immensely
@@davyt0247 Yeah, credit should really go to the Canes who played outstanding hockey the rest of the game.
I live in the Raleigh Area, and it was just truly and uplifting moment for the entire area
Grew up there, learned to love hockey watching the leafs while I lived in TO, LOVED this story
As a goalie who also played Jr B this is literally a dream come true and gives me the chills! Amazing that he got the W too!
As a life long leaf fan, I come back to this and the squandered playoff series leads, just to relive the good times.
this guy is such a legend
I love how the team comes and shows him some love when he hits the ice.
This also happened to the Florida Panthers Franchise as well years ago, where their goaltending coach had to step in because both of their goalies were injured in the same game.
History repeats itself. Bravo Ayers!!
It happened to the Hurricanes a few years ago too. We had an equipment manager come in for the last few minutes of a game.
I could be wrong, but I believe the Panthers coach never actually entered the game because then EBUG is not allowed to be a member of the coaching or training staff.
I've seen it happen so many times, when you know your goalie isn't strong, the whole team starts to play incredibly hard defense, when this happened i knew Toronto wasn't going to just run them over.
It’s so funny how he got the Toronto goalie helmet on lol
And Toronto pads
Well the helmet belongs to him (literally has his name on it!) the pads were probably pulled from the equipment room.
With... a Kings sticker? And something about 'Marlies'? MAKE UP YOUR MIND, HELMET
@@415423591 The old Toronto Marlboro's logo was the blue leaf with the Crown inside of it. The only confused person is you apparently.
@@signoresantinoburnett1169 I mean... I was joking ;)
Good for him! Living every Canadian kids dream. Hated hearing the negative commentary when David Ayers first stepped onto the ice. What these “ expert” sportscasters don’t realize is that the emergency goalies are really GOOD or they wouldn’t be the in that position🤦♀️
Carolina should have had to dress one of there players. Not Toronto's falt the canes dont come prepared
Damn right. Just to play at those lower tiers you have to have some skills. Maybe not the freak skills of an NHL guy, but you aren't going to be Bubba Joe at the Circle Jerk. Ayres had clearly played a lot of hockey and he had the better team in front of him.
@@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447 I'm assuming you're trolling, because the home team provides the emergency goalie, and whichever of the two teams playing needs the emergency goalie, that is the team they play for. You don't carry an emergency goalie on the roster precisely because the home team furnishes that. Mr. Ayres played for the 'Canes that night because he's the emergency for two teams playing that night.
@@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447 are you really that stupid? it has nothing to do with carolina.
@@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447 league rule that all teams have an emergency back up for just this reason
What a crazy day for this man, great work and gives me the chills of everything going on that day
Never knew the emergency goalie was thing. This is a really cool.
Yup, there’s at least one for every game in every city. And they have to play for either the home or away team if they get called up. But that rarely ever happens, which is why this was so crazy.
Go check out Scott Foster for the Blackhawks
@@JesusFriedChrist what happens if both teams goalies are injured to the point of needing the emergency goalie?
Mrazek was so stupid for coming out to play that though. Especially when he knows that the emergency goalie's his only backup.
RIGHT?! I was wonder why the hell he was out so far.
Where was the backup goalie?
@@riffnmo6022 Mrazek was supposed to be the backup that night- the starting goalie that night, Reimer, was injured early, and Mrazek had to step in.
Still one of the greatest stories in the NHL
This always makes me tear up.
The first shot he was screened and it was a well placed sniped shot, though if he was not completely cold, he might have got down to it quicker. The second goal was definitely one that every goalie has given up in his career. Tough shot, can't control the rebound and your D doesn´t clean it up and the forward gets an easy tap in. Everyone has been there. I can't fault Ayers on any of those goals.
Full incident: we’ll skip over the first goalie injury and the first 8 shots BUT it’s the FULL Incident. Hate you clickbait!
Find something worthwhile to whine about.
Officially confirmed he’s getting a movie
Maple leaf helmets, maple leaf pads and gloves...although he obviously bleed blue, he never let the team down...
Canes: we are so screwed!
Also the canes: Wait... we are playing the Leafs.We're good.
I don't think Clifford deserved the penalty, but I understand why they made that call. He would have been a lightning rod for some kind of retaliation. At least they reduced it to 2 minutes.
That and I think it looked intentional to the refs at full speed on the ice, when they got a look with the video they realized they messed up. But when you see how far he traveled, you can see their line of reasoning
Legend. I could watch this over and over.
So Good of a feeling to watch couldn’t help but watch it twice!
Imagine the pressure this dude was facing when he entered the game
I would probably crumble in the tunnel
I don’t know why the one announcer would say his heart breaks for the canes it’s not like anyone died he’s making it sound like it’s the end of the world. To over the top.
SI had a good explanation of how important the game was to the Canes at the time. A loss would have put them 4 points out of a playoff spot, and going to Ayres certainly seemed like a guaranteed L for a team that was trying to make the post-season for the first time in 10 years.
www.si.com/nhl/2020/02/27/david-ayres-hurricanes-nhl-emergency-backups
@@jamesstewart556 they made the playoffs the season before lol
Yea but its part of the job to get people to care 🙂
This video will be in the Hockey Hall of Fame of my mind for the rest of my life. And yes, I am a Maple Leafs fan.
Yep. I really feel like Don Cherry that night because of my screaming and it sounds like his from the 90s era of HNIC.
As an NFL fan, this is absolutely amazing! Too bad the NFL is too lame to have rules like this 😢
Most of the players could probably play whatever needed position. Won’t be good at it but it’s be much more useful
Must be an amazing feeling!! Beautiful to watch!! Carolina stepped it up scoring 3 more insurance goals for Ayres!!
And the defense put on an absolute clinic of protecting the goalie and not giving up high danger chances
How much worse can it get for the Laffs. David Ayers: "Hold my beer". hahahahahahaha
Eat your words buddy. That's the whole point of the emergency keeper. He is constantly training and around hockey. Just a bunch of haters.
He’s been tapped as a practice goalie for these guys before, he knows how to play between the pipes
@@davyt0247 Let's be honest here. If the Leafs knew how to play hockey this would have been an easy win.
Adam Baker true, but let’s not forget the Canes defense that game. They made it extremely difficult for the Leafs to do anything, of course the opposite can be said for the Leafs defense
davyt0247 trust me I know haha. I'm a hurricanes fan and I thought we were screwed. We completely dominated the Leafs. I think they just gave up.
You're a clown. The NHL has many bad goalies and around 30 goalies that aren't good enough to be a starter. These people get beat bad consistently against the best players in the world and this guy never even came close to their level so they have the right to worry when he comes in especially considering how bad he did and how lucky he is to have faced so few and easy shots. Its a feel good story but theres a reason everyone is laughing about it afterwards and mocking the fake hockey team in blue. If hes so good then why is this even a story?
i love how he had a leafs helmet on while playing against them.
I know right it’s really funny
Marlies....not the leafs
I read somewhere he was wearing a leafs t shirt under the gear.
@@jamielushman7577 can you please explain what his incentive to do well for the Canes is? Why would he want to help them win when he works for Toronto?
@@tionlover That was his role. Duty is important or do you not believe so?
Second period commentary. "Oh my heart breaks for the Carolina Hurricane.". After the game. "Oh my heart breaks for the Toronto Maple Leafs."
My remark, "IT'S LIKE WHEN JOHN LENNON THOUGHT JESUS WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE OR SOMETHIN'!!!"
How in the f**k were neither player even knocked out after this ??? It was such a massive hit that it whacked Mrazek's helmet clear off, faceplanted him into the rink and deflected Clifford into the wall...omg...
Naaaah, barely nudged him
One of my favourite hockey moments!
I don’t even understand or watch hockey but I love this!!!
Ayres had a GA of 4.18 and a save % of .800. Yes the Leafs lost, but they lost because Carolina put on an absolute clinic on defensive mid zone hockey. That unfortunately is the lost story. Ayres should get his day in the sun. Damn it's hard to be a Leaf'r.
Carolina played like they were protecting a one goal lead in game 7 of the SCF, that’s how they won, they made absolutely certain the Leafs didn’t get any high danger chances in that 3rd period. They hit the ice running. And of course the offense did their job as well, they extended the lead the instant they got the opportunity.
The absolute beginning of this video when the Carolina and Toronto players realize what has happened and the 'oh f*cks' start going around is hilarious. And how did this all turn out?
Thanks for posting! The NHL's official highlight pack of this game doesn't show any of this
Anyone have a full game replay, like the archived broadcast?
I am a Colorado Avalanche fan that said there are two things about this game that struck me. I I would like to thank David Ayers, The Hurricanes and the Toronto FANS for putting a smile on all our faces. Considering the look on Rod Brind'Amours face when he realized what was going to happen and then his joy at the buzzer.. we all knew there are miracles even if it's every 40 years. But I am left wondering if in the heads of a few of the Leaf players they "soft played" the second half of the game?
RIGHT! His face, i bet he regretted that reaction!
what the hell is that goalie thinking coming to play that puck when you don’t have another goalie
you don't think about what if's you just play the game
Love these vids!
Commentator said that this situation has never happened before but EBUG Scott Foster stepped in for Chicago a few years ago and helped the Blackhawks beat the Jets.
I don't think foster got credit for the win though
Foster didn't get the win.
It’s the longest time an emergency goalie was forced into service. Scott Foster only had 14 minutes to play. Delia was credited the save as Foster held the lead
Well, Ayres had to be nearly 1.5 periods. Definitely an interesting and unprecedented situation where an EBUG plays nearly half the game.
Also, both Forslund and Tracy have been around the league for a while (Forslund since '95 with the Whalers, Tracy since '98), so they've seen a thing or two.
Is this virus over yet? No? Ok, I'm going back to bed. Notifications off* ✌️
I wish the full game is available on yt
Chills! This enjoyable scenes! Straight A grades! Back here for ongoing support!😆 This is simple entertainment for me It gets interesting near the end.
Nice to see Ayres win on his debut!
I never new there’s a list of available goalies(whatever qualifies) in the area that is provided for every NHL game. The list is known as the Designated Survivor.
Well no it’s known as an EBUG and every team has one available for every game
What got me from the first I watched various videos about this incident was that it looks like the Hurricane's coach never, not once, seems to even acknowledge Ayers. I know Ayer's isn't a Hurricane, but jeesus, the coach could at least look at him, for Christ's sake.
Chris Campbell he did later in the locker room after the win, and I’m sure he addressed him at times not caught in this video
Welcome to pro sports
Dave Ayer’s must’ve been so excited but so nervous to enter the ice. 42 years old and your dream comes true to become an NHL player even for a day
“You weren’t just fond of losing to backup goaltenders, you lose to a 42-year old Zamboni driver…on your home ice…after both Hurricanes goalies were injured…and you employ said Zamboni driver” - Urinatingtree, “The Toronto Maple Leafs: A Half-Century of Failure”
2018 : Game 7 Loss
2019 : Game 7 Loss
2020 : Zamboni driver Loss and Game 5 Qualifying Loss
2021 : Game 7 Loss
One of these things is not like the other.
2022: Game 7 Loss
When mrazek got hit I KNOW David aryes’ heart sunk to the ocean floor
0:40 that “holy fuck”/ “oh fuck” came from the heart.
Maple Leafs stats since 1967:
Cups: 0
Losses against zamboni drivers who work for the team: 1
When you take the level 1 goalie lightly
Queue "Fanfare for the common man"
One of the best moments in hockey history!
Never gets old
Netminders are the soul of hockey. Number 90 must have gone to bed feeling like a million bucks. Good show
Keefe: We have Matthews and Marner
Brind'Amour: We have an Ayres