Ice hockey contract: Difference between revisions

On February 15, 2016, the [[Arizona Coyotes]] signed emergency goalie Nathan Schoenfeld, the son of former Coyotes coach and New York Rangers senior vice president [[Jim Schoenfeld]], to an ATO after backup goaltender [[Anders Lindbäck]] was injured in an off-ice activity before warmups.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=869074 | title = Yotes Notes: Emergency Goalie Races to Arena to Replace Injured Lindback | publisher = coyotes.nhl.com | date = 2016-02-15 | accessdate = 2016-02-15 }}</ref>

On December 3, 2016, the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] signed emergency goalie [[Eric Semborski]], a former [[Temple University]] club goalie, to an ATO, after goalie [[Corey Crawford]] presented acute appendicitis, and underwent an appendectomy before a game in Philadelphia.

On December 31, 2016, the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] signed emergency goalie [[Jorge Alves (ice hockey)|Jorge Alves]], who serves as the team's equipment manager, to an ATO, after goalie [[Eddie Lack]] came down with food poisoning hours before face off for the game in Tampa Bay. Alves replaced starting goalie [[Cam Ward]] in net with 7.6 seconds remaining in the game and a faceoff at the other end of the rink, after the Lightning were called for icing the puck. <ref>https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/jorge-alves-lives-out-nhl-dream-as-goaltender-for-carolina-hurricanes/c-285235426 </ref>

On March 29, 2018, [[Chicago Blackhawks]] signed emergency goalie [[Scott Foster (ice hockey)| Scott Foster]], a former [[Western Michigan University]] goalie, to an ATO after [[Anton Forsberg]] injured himself playing soccer during warm up. During that night's game against the [[Winnipeg Jets]], the starting goalie [[Collin Delia]] (Whowho also made his NHL debut that night) was injured early in the 3rd period, and Scott Foster played, becoming the first emergency backup goalie to be forced to play in the NHL due to injuries. He wore #90, and stopped all 7 shots he faced in 14:01 ice time, including 1 power play shot to kill a 1 minute power play, and was named the 1st star of the game. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-chicago-blackhawks-game-recap/c-297458324 | title = Emergency backup goalie plays for Blackhawks in win against Jets | publisher = nhl.com | date = 2018-03-29 | accessdate = 2018-03-30 }}</ref>

All of the goaltenders listed above served as backups to the team's remaining available goaltender. As of the 2017-18 season, only [[Scott Foster (ice hockey)|Scott Foster]] and Jorge Alves hashave actually played in an NHL game.