I’ve never watched hockey in my life but as a baseball fan I can on my imagine how hard it is to be a goalie. And for this guy to come in is so BADASS.
actually Sshooter444, the Canes had a 3 point lead when Ayers came in the game and he quickly gave up 2..... they the magic started. Ayers got over the jitters and the rest of the Canes that were left dug in deep and played an amazing 3 period. I could watch the whole 2nd and 3rd period over again right now. Good for you David Ayers!!!
@@needleneedle6294 quick correction, it was a 2 goal lead when Ayers came in, it became 3 during that power play for charging, (Ayers actually set it up!)
I have this recurring dream where I get called up to goal tend for for the Red Wings and I get lost on my way down to the ice so I'm just wandering around and around all geared up trying to find the ice. I just love these sort of feel good stories!
As a leafs fan, I hate admit, yes we lost to a zamboni driver, as a hockey fan it always amazing to see someone come into a situation like this with so much pressure and just be able to focus is incredible so props to him. On a side note, I applaud Clifford for tryna be as safe as he could with what little space he had before making contact with mrazek. If Clifford didn’t get his arm out at the last possible second, it could have been even worse, for both players as it would have been a head on head collision
theretiringbarber NAZIMOUSE will screw it up trying to push all their SJW agendas.... by the time those D-bags are done with it Ayers will be a Native American lesbian triple amputee.... don’t believe me? Look at what those idiots did to marvel and Star Wars.... #nazimousesucks #disneyistheworst
@@davidrichter9164 Uhhh.. that's not the point. Maybe we cant do better.. but maybe that's cuz we're not professional players. These big contract players couldn't beat their own 42 yr old zamboni driver.
Wonder if the Canes can package his skill set before Monday's trade deadline with promises in trade gets him a matching top /bottom. Great story for the Canes not so much for Leafs.. Soldier on
One month until the one-year anniversary of this game! I completely agree, if I were David Ayers, I’d be very nervous but very thrilled at the same time! And the fact that he recorded a win on that night makes it even more incredible!! I’m a leaf fan but I still gave Ayers full credit!
@@thurstonhowell2262 -- Yeah, the Carolina D stepped up big time, cutting off virtually all shooting lanes. As an Avs fan, I'm glad Carolina doesn't play that way every game :-D
I still get goosebumps when I hear the song “Heads will roll” because of David Ayres walking out to it. Very inspirational, I was a leafs fan who was cheering for the Canes to win by the end of that game, largely to the leafs being awful in that game, but also because Ayres is the GOAT.
I still can't believe this...they lose to their own emergency goalie...6 -3 and he stopped 8 out of 10 shots taken at him. The Leafs gave up in the 3rd and stopped trying, but huge props to Ayres for hanging in there and helping the Canes win in dominating performance. Edit: I just noticed the Canes head coach reaction to Ayres, he did not seem happy, but I bet he was happy after
For my two cents. This was the best possible outcome of this unfortunate scenario (losing both goalies). If Toronto had won, there would have been plenty of speculation that he deliberately threw the game and people's principals would've been brought into question. This, however, turned out to be a re-affirming story of (a) The exceptional degree of this man's honor to disregard any petty, misconceived sense of "duty" to his hometown (it has been said that altruism is the root of all suffering as Ayn Rand put it), and simply gave it his best effort as a human being, and (b) how a man of relatively modest origins can take on challenges well above people's expectations and triumph. Like I was saying, the best possible outcome.
gray rey lmao did you not read what i said? Scott foster was not credited with the win during that game. Ayres is the first emergency goalie to actually win a game
I worked security at Maple Leaf Gardens 1992-1999 and the Air Canada Centre 1999-2008. I saw a lot of bad hockey but this ranks in the top-10 embarrassments. GO LEAFS GO!!!😃👍🏾👍🏾
"You've gotta wonder whats going through your head as Rod Brind'amor?" Id say 4:08 is pretty much what was going through his head lmao "fuck me. im fighting for a playoff spot in one of the most ruthless divisions and ive gone through two tendys in one night. fuck. me. hard."
4:08 Coach shaking his head in disbelief, doesn't realize this is the best guy in the house to do the job. One of the best emergency goalie suit ups ever. He killed it!
Mrazek had just as much right to play that puck as Clifford. In fact, NHL rules state that the opposing player must make every attempt to get out of the way of a goalie playing the puck (and Mrazek got to the puck first).
As a Kings fan, I know Cliffy saw him, at least peripherally. I'm not sure there should have been any penalty assessed. It's not the trapezoid and Mrazek is fair game.
You can't be angry at Clifford. No one expects the goal tender to be all the way up the ice like that. This wasn't deliberate ramming. By the way, Ayres is a kidney transplant recipient. He practices with the Marlies and the Leafs to keep his skill level up. He is also a coach. Busy man.
@@misterc6012 I saw footage of them sewing the name on the back of the jersey as this was happening. They probably didn't have a professional seamstress but someone who could sew the name on and keep it relatively centered lol.
Can’t blame him though. The night before they dropped out of the playoffs, in one of the toughest decisions and he had just gone through both of his goalies in just over 30 minutes.
I’m very Happy for you David. What a great experience. Great game. Know Toronto Maple leafs. Get your shit together. We all know you can, play with passion not pay check. You have the best fans in the world and that’s a fact but don’t take advantage of that. You can’t get wins with only half the shots on net. We expect better. You should expect better. Play with heart and passion
No better story, Peter mrazek gets freight trained by Kyle Clifford, 42 year old David Ayers playing against his team where he drives the farm teams zamboni. Back stops his team to a 6-3 win. You can’t make this stuff up
BrindA'mour DID respect this guys dream. After the 2 quick goals Ayers gave up, and they went to the locker room, BrindA'mour just told him, "hey, you gotta stop the puck buddy... now here is we are gonna do..." Coach treated him just like any other player in the room and made him a Hurricane for the next 20 minutes.
Back in my day you were allowed to hit the goaltender as long as he was out of the crease and handling the puck. In this situation, and as a defenseman, you just don't allow the other team to shoot.
What most keep forgetting is the two emergency goalies had a good size lead before they got on the ice. So the pros just had to play defence and get the puck to the other side of the ice. As often as they could. To keep shots on net down. But good for both those guys for keeping it together. To the pro teams they played on. But feel sorry for the teams that lost to them. One accountant and one zamboni driver. Lol.
Ayres came in with a two goal lead. The Canes got one more, and then Ayres gave up two goals. With the entire 3rd period remaining, he was only up by 1 goal.
As a former goaltender, that would be the most nerve wracking but ultimate thrill!! Congratulations David Ayers!!
Next preseason...Canes vs. Black Hawks...start Ayres and Scott Foster in the nets.
I would pay to see this.
Yes yes yesssss, only 2 emergency goalies to get wins in the league
Or in a game 7 for the Cup! All goalies go down leaving us with these two:)
Please let this happen
All Star Game showmatch?
If you aren't a Toronto fan, this is one of the coolest things ever.
I'm a Toronto fan and this is one of the coolest things ever.
Donny Wisor as a canes fan it’s the best thing ever
im a fan but this is still super cool
I’ve never watched hockey in my life but as a baseball fan I can on my imagine how hard it is to be a goalie. And for this guy to come in is so BADASS.
I'm a Leaf fan and this is still cool!!
The Leafs lost to a zamboni driver. Classic!
Well, you don't get a 53 year streak by playing around... ;)
😂 xD this is truly an embarresment
They lost to their very OWN Zamboni driver lol
I'm pretty sure he knows all the Leafs players
And he was wearing a leafs mask...ouch
@@aquaviii It was there Marlies Zamboni driver, but he still did know some of the players.
Ayres after his win: “alright boys it was fun but I gotta clean the ice on my zamboni machine now”
😂
😂
Great man.
say what you want, this guy was part of the show
All I can say about David Ayres is priceless.
OK002 Just when you think the Leafs can’t get any lower they find a way to hit even lower lol
When you have a 100% win rate in the NHL as a goalie.
Oldest debuting goalie too
Excellent contract leverage.
He’s a HoFer lmao 😂
Just when you think you've seen it all! Terrific Job Mr Ayres !
I could only imagine how good he felt great f-ing story
BrindAmour's reaction is priceless..."Here goes our one goal lead!"
What's priceless is the fact that the Leafs lost to a zamboni driver!
Yeah, classy, lol. Little did he know tho...
actually Sshooter444, the Canes had a 3 point lead when Ayers came in the game and he quickly gave up 2..... they the magic started. Ayers got over the jitters and the rest of the Canes that were left dug in deep and played an amazing 3 period. I could watch the whole 2nd and 3rd period over again right now. Good for you David Ayers!!!
@@needleneedle6294 quick correction, it was a 2 goal lead when Ayers came in, it became 3 during that power play for charging, (Ayers actually set it up!)
I have this recurring dream where I get called up to goal tend for for the Red Wings and I get lost on my way down to the ice so I'm just wandering around and around all geared up trying to find the ice. I just love these sort of feel good stories!
5:28 "everything to the net"
David Ayres: Over my broken Zamboni!
you cant play pro at 42 in NHL.
Ayres: hold my beer.
Zdeno chara and jaromir jagr did
I feel like this hurt worse than the 2013 collapse but I've had 7 years to numb myself from the pain of that and this one is fresh.
Nope
Just friggin awesome.
Nothing else I can say or add.
As a leafs fan, I hate admit, yes we lost to a zamboni driver, as a hockey fan it always amazing to see someone come into a situation like this with so much pressure and just be able to focus is incredible so props to him. On a side note, I applaud Clifford for tryna be as safe as he could with what little space he had before making contact with mrazek. If Clifford didn’t get his arm out at the last possible second, it could have been even worse, for both players as it would have been a head on head collision
Ayers had a kidney transplant in 2004,call the Disney studios now .
It's already being filmed with Chris Pratt as David Ayers, bad news is Rian Johnson is in charge of the script
nice ! :)
i quit smoking ...can they make a movie about me too .?
Northlander did you play in a nhl game?
theretiringbarber
NAZIMOUSE will screw it up trying to push all their SJW agendas.... by the time those D-bags are done with it Ayers will be a Native American lesbian triple amputee.... don’t believe me? Look at what those idiots did to marvel and Star Wars....
#nazimousesucks
#disneyistheworst
The leafs couldn't beata zamboni driver. Way to go.
quality Boy not even a nhl zamboni driver. A minor league zambonj driver
The best damm Zamboni driver in NHL ypu mean
You can do better??
@@davidrichter9164
Uhhh.. that's not the point. Maybe we cant do better.. but maybe that's cuz we're not professional players. These big contract players couldn't beat their own 42 yr old zamboni driver.
They beat him the first two shots on net hahaha
Wonder if the Canes can package his skill set before Monday's trade deadline with promises in trade gets him a matching top /bottom. Great story for the Canes not so much for Leafs.. Soldier on
One month until the one-year anniversary of this game! I completely agree, if I were David Ayers, I’d be very nervous but very thrilled at the same time! And the fact that he recorded a win on that night makes it even more incredible!! I’m a leaf fan but I still gave Ayers full credit!
That's so awesome for him. Dream come true and he did great. Congrats man, aaaaaaaa
Congrats David Ayres. What a incredible story. :}
A Legend was made on Feb 22/20. Best thing to happen on home ice in a while.
Good for the zamboni man! and props to the canes for celebrating with him like that afterwards! likely made the fellas Life !
Anybody see the Canes manager’s look on his face when Ayres enters the game, was shaking his head in disbelief things had gotten to this point lol
This story will make an excellent movie someday. Miracle on ice, no doubt about it. 😎🤙
"If you're the Leafs you're thinking ... 'everything to the net.' "
*has 9 shots on goal in 25 minutes, loses*
Yeah but suddenly every player on Carolina turned into a Norris Trophy winner. So say the Leafs.
@@thurstonhowell2262 -- Yeah, the Carolina D stepped up big time, cutting off virtually all shooting lanes. As an Avs fan, I'm glad Carolina doesn't play that way every game :-D
You beat me too it😂
I still get goosebumps when I hear the song “Heads will roll” because of David Ayres walking out to it. Very inspirational, I was a leafs fan who was cheering for the Canes to win by the end of that game, largely to the leafs being awful in that game, but also because Ayres is the GOAT.
I still can't believe this...they lose to their own emergency goalie...6 -3 and he stopped 8 out of 10 shots taken at him. The Leafs gave up in the 3rd and stopped trying, but huge props to Ayres for hanging in there and helping the Canes win in dominating performance.
Edit: I just noticed the Canes head coach reaction to Ayres, he did not seem happy, but I bet he was happy after
You know it’s a true emergency when he has to wear Maple Leaves equipment 😂😂
KrazyCam10 Lol
Technically it's Marlies equipment, but word is he was wearing a Leafs t-shirt under his Canes jersey.
For my two cents. This was the best possible outcome of this unfortunate scenario (losing both goalies). If Toronto had won, there would have been plenty of speculation that he deliberately threw the game and people's principals would've been brought into question. This, however, turned out to be a re-affirming story of (a) The exceptional degree of this man's honor to disregard any petty, misconceived sense of "duty" to his hometown (it has been said that altruism is the root of all suffering as Ayn Rand put it), and simply gave it his best effort as a human being, and (b) how a man of relatively modest origins can take on challenges well above people's expectations and triumph. Like I was saying, the best possible outcome.
Я что то не понял, а за что наказали то ? Это игровой момент , обыкновенное столкновение .
This will never happen again. The first time I was happy to see the opposition vs the Leafs save some SOG’s. Helluva a guy...
I just happened like a year ago with the Blackhawks lol
gray rey But Ayres is the first emergency goalie to get a win. So its a lot more special
@@killionaire6891 nah man scott foster in 2018 did it for the blackhawks lol.. like this just happened recently
gray rey lmao did you not read what i said? Scott foster was not credited with the win during that game. Ayres is the first emergency goalie to actually win a game
@@killionaire6891 credited doesnt matter lol.. and Scott foster stopped more shots in the and didn't get scored on
Let's be clear on this one, he ISN'T just a Zamboni driver. He practices with the teams...AS A GOALIE!
Pallias Kamen he is 42 and its not his JOB
His name shoud be on the Cup in case Canes wins it:-)
I saw earlier that the Hurricanes are selling Ayers #90 t-shirts today.
I understand as a fundraiser for kidney disease
I worked security at Maple Leaf Gardens 1992-1999 and the Air Canada Centre 1999-2008. I saw a lot of bad hockey but this ranks in the top-10 embarrassments. GO LEAFS GO!!!😃👍🏾👍🏾
"You've gotta wonder whats going through your head as Rod Brind'amor?"
Id say 4:08 is pretty much what was going through his head lmao
"fuck me. im fighting for a playoff spot in one of the most ruthless divisions and ive gone through two tendys in one night. fuck. me. hard."
2 tendys AND a defender!
4:08 Coach shaking his head in disbelief, doesn't realize this is the best guy in the house to do the job. One of the best emergency goalie suit ups ever. He killed it!
EhrgeizVR the coach had zero faith in the guy, never underestimate anybody
On this day of Feb. 23, 2020 i do declare they will make a movie about this.. all rights reserved
This guy is on my list of top 3 goalies of all time
this would make a great movie
What an amazing guy. I may get a #90 Ayers tattoo
I vote him as NHL 2021 Cover Art!
Sports Illustrated
So much respect
Leafs: now we win that game for easy
Ayres :hold my zamdoni
I'm not a leaf fan, but the goalie was more responsible for that collision than Clifford.
Mrazek had just as much right to play that puck as Clifford. In fact, NHL rules state that the opposing player must make every attempt to get out of the way of a goalie playing the puck (and Mrazek got to the puck first).
@@rushore1 Ok, but if you're going to come out that far, you should expect to be run over.
@@budthespud1546 - No, you shouldn't. It's against the rules for a reason.
And they won awesome
Adam, try a reaction to the USSR Canada 1987 World Juniors bench clearing brawl. Excellent work on the videos. I love 'em.
As a Kings fan, I know Cliffy saw him, at least peripherally. I'm not sure there should have been any penalty assessed. It's not the trapezoid and Mrazek is fair game.
Goalies are not fair game, regardless of where they play the puck on their side of the ice. That's a misconception.
I can't believe what I just saw this weekend?!!
Love the Leafs mask!Gloves and pads!! Love ya Dave from Whitby
Rod looks thrilled at 4:07
I wish Ron Maclean called the Leafs, "a bunch of turtles flailing in the sun realizing fear is happening."
Great job by the guy. You gotta give him that!
The! Leafs! Blow!
The! Leafs! Blow!
Yes they do
You can't be angry at Clifford. No one expects the goal tender to be all the way up the ice like that. This wasn't deliberate ramming.
By the way, Ayres is a kidney transplant recipient. He practices with the Marlies and the Leafs to keep his skill level up. He is also a coach. Busy man.
don't let this distract you from Alex Ovechkin scoring his 700 goal and David Ayres actually being dart guy.
The fact that he even has a Leafs mask makes it even more incredible
How bout the fact that there was already a jersey with his name on it. Do both teams have a jersey ready in case he has to come in for either team?
@@misterc6012 I saw footage of them sewing the name on the back of the jersey as this was happening. They probably didn't have a professional seamstress but someone who could sew the name on and keep it relatively centered lol.
@@spoonyg419 , got it.
I did 't see that.
Technically, it's a Marlies mask.
4:09 Rod Brind'amour's face. He honestly thought this was a guaranteed loss at this point.
Lucky for him, his defense had other ideas
Thanks a lot UA-cam for bringing back this nightmare
I drove a Zamboni for a few years in Toronto. It's a bout time a Zamboni Driver getting real recognition. lol
You could just tell how proud and how much pride this guy has. Too bad those millionaires on the leafs couldn't hold a candle to the way this guy is.
I guess David can no longer lie about his age!
I'm fucking crying @ rod's face behind the bench @ 4:06, dude was not enthusiastic about that situation
Can’t blame him though. The night before they dropped out of the playoffs, in one of the toughest decisions and he had just gone through both of his goalies in just over 30 minutes.
Damn Rod is in great shape.
not a hockey super fan, but I saw this on sportscenter .... I've never heard of anything like this happening. HA
3:22 that man was moving! OUCH
The EBUG for ScotiaBank Arena has one less NHL win this season than Detroit's Jimmy Howard.
Someone : you can't play as a pro in NHL if you are 42.
Ayres : just take my Zamboni.
Greetings from Moscow, Russia.
He knew he was coming cuz he starts coasting and reaches for it with his stick
He’s 42
you're right, my bad fixed it
Mr. BO55 👍
Clean hit. Shouldn't have been a call
4:57 Вратарю David Ayres игроки своей команды показывают какие ворота (поверни налево) необходимо будет защищать).
I want to see a shootout competition with John Scott and David Ayres!
Scott Foster Pt. 2!!!
howd they whip together a jersey for him that fast?!
Started being made when James Reimer went down. So they could have a guy on the bench just incase.
Velcro letters always in stock in clubhouse.
@@leebridges1674 No, there's video of the jersey being sewn by the equipment manager in one of the news broadcasts.
@@jhew6999 Good info, thanks.
they obv have a sewing machine for last minute players. takes longer for a goali to gear up
I’m very Happy for you David. What a great experience. Great game.
Know Toronto Maple leafs. Get your shit together. We all know you can, play with passion not pay check. You have the best fans in the world and that’s a fact but don’t take advantage of that. You can’t get wins with only half the shots on net. We expect better. You should expect better.
Play with heart and passion
David vs the proverbial Goliath!!!!!!!!!!!
Whats the last song that plays? During the warmup
I ain't gonna hold anything against Carolina. They kinda had a right to beat that guy up. You always defend your goalie.
Wesley Black many levels of truth in that statement, and something I wish more NHL teams took to heart!
When all your stats are 100 in everything in NHL 2k2020
Не обязательно быть профессионалом,чтобы играть на уровне профессионалов)
Miracle on Ice!!!!!
Clifford didn't do anything wrong. He was definitely focused only on the puck.
Definitely. The only thing he was thinking was "open net"...
Doesn't matter. He's required by rule to do everything to avoid contact with the goalie, even 20' from the crease.
No better story, Peter mrazek gets freight trained by Kyle Clifford, 42 year old David Ayers playing against his team where he drives the farm teams zamboni. Back stops his team to a 6-3 win. You can’t make this stuff up
What is it with Kyle Clifford and running into opposing goalies in the left faceoff circle?
Thank god the Raptors won the championship
That night, looks like Leafs players thought they were playing Hansons for a new Slapshot
How good is this :):)
sometimes the goal tender makes the wrong decision to out to far...but it also allows for crazy stories like this
go
"Carolina "Coach needs to respect this is a mans dream.
BrindA'mour DID respect this guys dream. After the 2 quick goals Ayers gave up, and they went to the locker room, BrindA'mour just told him, "hey, you gotta stop the puck buddy... now here is we are gonna do..." Coach treated him just like any other player in the room and made him a Hurricane for the next 20 minutes.
Back in my day you were allowed to hit the goaltender as long as he was out of the crease and handling the puck. In this situation, and as a defenseman, you just don't allow the other team to shoot.
What most keep forgetting is the two emergency goalies had a good size lead before they got on the ice. So the pros just had to play defence and get the puck to the other side of the ice. As often as they could. To keep shots on net down. But good for both those guys for keeping it together. To the pro teams they played on. But feel sorry for the teams that lost to them. One accountant and one zamboni driver. Lol.
Ayres came in with a two goal lead. The Canes got one more, and then Ayres gave up two goals. With the entire 3rd period remaining, he was only up by 1 goal.
@@rushore1the canes scored 2 just a couple of minutes into the 3rd, he played most of the 3rd with a 3 goal lead.
Completely incidental, although I can feel the Cane's frustration. Hard play between two determined players.
Are you kidding me.....Clifford absolutely elbowed him....dirty hit
From my point of view this was an unfortunate collision with no one to blame.
“Keep your head up”
That’s my Dad Kyle Clifford
Imagine if he slipped when he walked onto the ice
You have to be so happy for Mr. Ayres, and the Toronto Maple Leafs have once again proven they are the Toronto Maple (Joke) Leafs.