The NHL schedule makers cooked with this one. Exactly five years from the date, the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs are once again playing at Scotiabank Arena, where in 2020, emergency ...

David Ayres was hitting the lowest point of his life — the lowest point, really, of any life. Having endured a kidney transplant and all the medical issues that come with it at 27, he was, several ...

Raleigh, North Carolina is prepared to celebrate David Ayres when the Carolina Hurricanes come home Tuesday. Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin proclaimed Tuesday "David Ayres Day" in the North Carolina ...

On February 22, 2020, then-42-year-old David Ayres made NHL history. He secured a win for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Toronto Maple Leafs—but he didn’t do it as a starting goaltender or even a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- David Ayres will go down in hockey history for being the first emergency goalie to actually play for the visiting team. Since then he has been skating the media circuit as an ...

David Ayres life has changed just a little bit since Saturday night, when he became the in an NHL game for the Carolina Hurricanes. But a talk with his mom can still bring out the emotions. Ayres was ...

TORONTO -- David Ayres was sitting in the stands with his wife at Scotiabank Arena when Carolina Hurricanes goalie James Reimer went down with an injury. The on-call emergency netminder in Toronto, ...