Florida Panthers to hold contest to find backup goalie

Florida Panthers to hold contest to find backup goalie

The were running out of options for who would step in net when both and got hurt in Tuesday night's agame against the Toronto Maple LEafs. At one point, forward had the goalie gear on to go in as an emergency replacement. Eventually 41-year-old goalie coach came out in the pads.Montoya ended up staying in the game injured and Derrick Henry Jersey then Luongo, who had been out of the building already, came back to finish the game. Needle s to say, the Panthers are going to need some backup. So who will they turn to? YOU, perhaps.The Panthers announced plans for their Goal of a Lifetime contest Thursday. The contests aim is to give one Panthers fan the opportunity to sign a one-day amateur tryout contract and serve as the Panthers backup goalie in practice for one day.More from the : The Goal of a Lifetime contest is open to all men and women goaltenders (must be 18-years-old or older). All goaltenders are asked to submit their playing resume to . After reviewing the resumes, a select group of goaltenders will participate in an on-ice try-out that will take place on Monday, March 16, at 4 p.m. at BBT Center. Panthers Goaltending Coach Larrell Murchison Jersey Robb Tallas and select Panthers Alumni will oversee the try-outs.Two finalists will be selected from the try-outs and will be invited to compete in a shootout that will feature Panthers Alumni during the first intermi sion of Floridas game against Montreal on March 17. The goaltender with the best performance in the shootout Derrick Mason Jersey will be selected as the Panthers back-up practice goalie and will sign a one-day amateur try-out with the team.We look forward to welcoming goaltenders from acro s South Florida to this open try-out, said Tallas. It promises to be a once in a lifetime experience for the goaltender who is selected to serve as our teams back-up practice goalie for a day.Additionally, the winning goaltender will receive two complimentary tickets for each home game remaining in the 2014 Trevon Coley Jersey -2015 regular season, a team-signed jersey and will be featured on Fox Sports Florida during an intermi sion segment.Its come to this?OK, the Panthers are just having a little fun, kind of at their own expense. And what a cool opportunity to give a fan. Heres hoping the contest winners experience is confined to playing goal in street hockey 20 years ago. Hockey has grown enough in Florida over the last 20 years that they're bound to find some beer league all star though.And who knows? Maybe Racey McMath Jersey the Panthers actually do end up finding their next emergency backup goalie out of this whole thing. As they are now keenly aware, it's never a bad idea to have someone close by that can strap on the pads at a moment's notice. The crazy situation that unfolded Tuesday has been the talk of the hockey world ever since it happened, so you cant blame the Panthers for capitalizing on this further. This is a pretty fun way for them to poke fun at the situation and engage fans. I can't wait to see what kind of candidates they'll come up with.

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