Getty Images Remember when the Wild were out of goalies last season and 51 year-old Paul Deutsch got the call to be the team’s emergency goalie?
That remarkable set of circumstances that led to that very rare one-game signing has inspired the team to do something fun while the lockout rolls on: They’re going to do something like American Idol and hold a contest to see who can be their next emergency goalie.
The team invited 11 goalies from around Minnesota to try out for the chance to possibly ride the bench or, gulp, see real NHL action out of the blue. Tomorrow, Wild goalie coach Bob Mason, Wild color analyst and former NHL goalie Mike Greenlay, as well as Deutsch will judge the auditions of those 11 and pick out two finalists.
How will the finalists be judged? The best goalie in a celebrity shootout during the Houston Aeros game at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday wins the job.
Considering the good press the Wild got for their scramble to get Deutsch signed and how perilously close he was to actually playing, this kind of contest should be an annual event.
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Report: Patrick Roy a candidate for Avalanche head coaching job
May 20, 2013, 1:56 AM EDT
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Had success as a QMJHL coach in Quebec.
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That close to going up 3-0.
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Senators’ OT hero Greening had fiberglass pieces removed from face
May 20, 2013, 12:55 AM EDT
No pain.
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Welcome back.
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Ottawa back in the series.
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Looked like a minor penalty. Went undetected.
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Overtime.
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Tried to sell it. Didn’t work.
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Video: Senators’ goalie Anderson stops Crosby on early breakaway
May 19, 2013, 9:33 PM EDT
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Pittsburgh with the lead after two periods.
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Big hit. Appeared clean, too.
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Torres suspended for remainder of semifinal series.
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LOOK OUT!
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Rangers’ goaltending a concern? ‘We know what Henrik is,’ says Tortorella
May 19, 2013, 8:01 PM EDT
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Needs to be better for Game 3.
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Lighting it up right now.
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Boston with three unanswered goals.
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Rest of the night didn’t go so well.
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New York trailed 2-0 in first-round series with Washington.
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Canucks’ captain scores twice. Where was that in the playoffs?
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Report: No supplemental discipline for Quick’s abuse of officials
May 19, 2013, 4:48 PM EDT
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He escapes the league’s ire.
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Brad Marchand might want a do-over.
