David Ayres is a name that stokes fear in the hearts of Toronto Maple Leafs fans as he is the one who completely destroyed them in relief for the Carolina Hurricanes. Back in 2020, just weeks before ...

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 ...

Feb. 22, 2020. Where were you? David Ayres, a then 42-year-old buildings operations manager, was plucked from the stands at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto as the designated emergency back-up goaltender.

The legend of David Ayres is now award-winning. After more than 2 million votes were cast in the 2020 NHL Fan Choice Awards, Ayres' emergency goaltending performance for the Carolina Hurricanes was ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)David Ayres is still adjusting to new-found stardom after winning a game as the emergency goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes. The 42-year-old Zamboni driver and kidney-transplant ...

In the span of a week, David Ayres has gone from part-time Zamboni driver to getting his own hockey card as an NHL goaltender. Upper Deck announced on Friday that Ayres, the 42-year-old emergency ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - Part-time ice hockey goalie David Ayres had never been to North Carolina, but he arrived an instant statewide hero, was declared an honorary citizen by the governor, and was ...