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Zamboni driver unlikely to spur NHL to change goalie rule

by AP Sports Writer
| March 2, 2020 11:30 AM

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — NHL general managers seem unlikely to suggest changes to the emergency backup goaltender policy, even after 42-year-old Zamboni driver David Ayres became one of the biggest stories of the season by winning a game for Carolina last month.

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