36-year-old accountant Scott Foster gives a hilarious locker room interview after entering the Blackhawks/Jets game in the third period as the emergency backup goaltender. Twitter: @BradyTrett
"You just keep grinding away in a men's league, and you'll eventually get your shot." - Scott Foster. This quote needs to be on t-shirts if it isn't already.
What a refreshing, down to earth athlete/accountant who has just embraced and savored the Walter Mitty experience of a lifetime. God bless him! He will be one of the great sports trivia questions ever: name the 36 year old accountant who put on the pads as emergency goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks and earned the first star of the game in his first and only NHL game: Answer Scott Foster.
He's hilarious and great in interviews. I'm just so happy for him. They flew him to Vegas to be a co-presenter on stage at the NHL Awards too. They put him in the Blackhawks Alumni too.
4 minute post game, longer than most hockey stars, and he handled it better than any pro. Witty , not nervous , funny and not just saying nonsense. Harder than you would think with 15 cameras and 5 microphones stuffed in your face
I'm really surprised no one offered him a real contract after that performance... Very well spoken down to earth guy... Very likable personality... I was reading he became a overnight hero and sensation
Hey Scott... besides your great performance in the net, I loved it; but to me it was your interview after wards. .Your words and responses showed who you really are. Keep that video because it shows you as a person. that your kids need to watch.... Thank you .
Accountant: "Play goalie in NHL game. Make incredible saves in front of television audience." Check. 👍 This guy can LITERALLY start every bar conversation for the rest of his life with, "When I played goalie for the Blackhawks...."
Great interview, great sense of humor and great job in the net! I am glad you were the one that got the chance to play in this game it could not have happen to a nicer guy.
I grew up going to Western Michigan University Hockey games. I always was fascinated with the goalies and one time was waiting by the tunnel they came out of on to the ice I got Scott, who at the time I believe was the 3rd string, to sign my WMU jersey! If only I could find that jersey. I remember him being so puzzled and almost taken aback when I asked him for it. Little did I know I’d be getting an autograph from a future NHL-er! Too funny!
This is why I love sports. On any given night at any given game for any given sport, there's always the potential for something magical like this to happen!
Great interview, maybe one of the best in the past decade within sports. Awesome for him, from a Flyers fan who may or may not be still sour about patrick Kane's draft lottery, then again Kanes goal in games 6.... Congratulations. My only question for Scott is why weren't you available for the Flyers Leighton in 2010?! we might have won that cup if we didn't have a goalie that couldn't stop a beach ball in net! Jokes aside congrats Scott, hope they give you the pro treatment for a day and enjoy the moment!
this video got recommeded me just now. I do not watch NHL (->european here). But i love those third hero Moments and in whatever sport might be that they do well and make themself a positive reputation. If this guy stop to play officially, he will hold a 100% save record 😂.
So could someone explain to me more details behind the scenes? In other sports, you just sit on the bench as a backup. For example: in the NBA, you run out of guards in the actual game, or they get injured, you use the backup. If he gets injured, maybe a 3rd stringer. If you run out of Guards, usually a Small Forward can run the ball. Why did they dig deep for this? Someone who doesn't sit on the bench every game. It's someone who clearly is from the "streets". If he was good enough to be called up as an emergency, why doesn't a team pick him up? Or why doesn't their farm team use him? Sorry, I don't watch a ton of hockey. But have seen a few live games, as well as TV games.
Teams have 2 goalies. But if both of those goalies got hurt, the team would be toast So the nhl has a group of guys that attend the games and are there just in case both goalies on a team get hurt So yes, it’s just a guy that knows how to play hockey but not at the nhl level Minor league goalies aren’t available for that job, cuz they’re in the minors. So they rely on just random guys from the street. They aren’t used often so that’s why they’re just “street” guys The Olympic teams will have 3 goalies though, cuz it’s the Olympics Stanley cup playoffs would be the same way too
Yep, as "thekeys2life" said, home team has to provide an emergency goalie to be used (if needed) by either team. Each team will dress 2 goalies. They can be changed at any time and come back in at any time of the game. However once the 2 dressed goalies are injured the emergency goalie is asked to go in. see his stats here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Foster_(ice_hockey)
