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TIL On Feb 22 2020, David Ayers (42 yr old) was the winning goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Toronto Mapleleafs. He was a maintainence manager and Zamboni driver for a minor league team. He was asked to fill in for the starting and backup goalies who were injured.

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