David Ayres

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CanadaCanada  David Ayres Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 12, 1977
place of birth Whitby , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
2020 Carolina Hurricanes

David Ayres (born August 12, 1977 in Whitby , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . On February 22, 2020, he played as a short-term substitute goalkeeper about half of a game for the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Hurricanes won 6-3 against the Toronto Maple Leafs , making him the first Emergency Backup Goaltender in NHL history to record a win.

Career

Ayres was born in Whitby, Canada, where he played ice hockey in the youth field, as did his father and brother as a goalkeeper. However, he then did not play a single game in the professional field. In 2004 he needed a kidney transplant that his mother gave him. Most recently he was on the ice for the Northwood Vipers in the Allan Cup , played eight games there, all of which the Vipers lost, and recorded a catch rate of 77.7%.

On February 22, 2020, met Toronto Maple Leafs in the domestic Scotiabank Arena as part of a game of the National Hockey League (NHL) to the Carolina Hurricanes . Ayres acted as an emergency backup goaltender for this game , as he had done several times in the past and in accordance with the league regulations for the Leafs and for their farm team Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League (AHL). For the organization of the Maple Leafs he actually works as a kind of caretaker in the Coca-Cola Coliseum , the home arena of the Marlies, where, among other things, he operates the ice-processing machine ("Zamboni"). At the same time he was occasionally used as a goalkeeper in training sessions for the Maple Leafs and Marlies.

In the game itself, only James Reimer and, just a few minutes later, the second goalkeeper of the Carolina Hurricanes, Petr Mrázek , were injured. Thus, after a little more than half of the game, Ayres was used as the designated Emergency Backup Goaltender , which is basically available to both teams. He became the second goalkeeper of this kind after Scott Foster almost two years earlier ( Jorge Alves was used for a few seconds in 2016 "without need"). Furthermore, Ayres played in the jersey of the Hurricanes, but with a mask and schooner of "his" Maple Leafs or Marlies. After allowing the first two shots to pass, he parried all subsequent eight, in a total of 28 minutes and 41 seconds of play. With him in goal, the Hurricanes managed to extend a 3-1 lead to a 6-3 win by the end of the game, making the Canadian the first emergency substitute goalkeeper to record a win in the NHL. He set another record by becoming the oldest goalkeeper to win in his NHL debut at the age of 42.

Ayres was then the center of the sporting media landscape for several days, was invited to a home game of the Hurricanes and appeared in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , among others . Roy Cooper made him an honorary citizen of North Carolina on February 25 , while Mary-Ann Baldwin , Mayor of Raleigh , declared the same day David Ayres Day. The revenue the Hurricanes make from selling items bearing his name will go partly to himself and partly to a kidney disease foundation of his choice.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Victories Defeats OTN Minutes GT Shutouts Sv% GTS
Regular season 1 1 1 0 0 29 2 0 80.0 4.18
Playoffs - - - - - - - - - -

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Ketko: Player of Interest: Who is Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres? sportsnet.ca, February 22, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b c Emily Kaplan: Zamboni driver, 42, stars as emergency goalie for Hurricanes. espn.com, February 23, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ A 42-year-old Zamboni Driver Wins in His NHL Debut. nytimes.com, February 23, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
  4. ^ Ford Porter: Governor Roy Cooper Proclaims Emergency Goalie David Ayres As An Honorary North Carolinian. governor.nc.gov, February 25, 2020, accessed March 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ayres, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitby , Ontario , Canada