Emergency backup goaltenders, or EBUGs, are rarely used in an NHL game. The life of an EBUG is often limited to watching the action from the stands and then returning to their full-time job. But a ...

When talking to David Ayres about his once-close ties to the Maple Leafs, you can safely say the train has left the station.

Such goaltenders are known as emergency backup goaltenders ... But a select few have been called into action. David Ayres is the only EBUG to enter a game as a substitute and be credited with ...

Exactly five years from the date, the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs are once again playing at Scotiabank Arena, where in 2020, emergency backup goaltender David Ayres helped backstop ...

The NHL schedule makers cooked with this one. Exactly five years from the date, the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs are once again playing at Scotiabank Arena, where in 2020, emergency ...