Phoenix Coyotes Sign Amateur Goaltender

There was kinda a funny story out of New York yesterday where the Phoenix Coyotes, facing a goaltending crisis, were forced to sign a guy who played D3 college hockey to an emergency contract to be the backup goaltender for the night.  Tom Fenton, of American International College (Springfield, MA) fame got the call shortly before last night's game, drove down to Madison Square Garden and spent the night as an NHL player.  He even got to keep his jersey. 

The Chicago Blackhawks once experimented with this, signing Garth Algar to a short term contract following his skills showcase in Wayne's World in 1992.  We recently made contact with Garth

In recalling his brief contract with the 'Hawks, the always irreverant Algar had this to say, "Did you ever see that "Twilight Zone" where the guy signed a contract and they cut out his tongue and put it in a jar and it wouldn't die, it just grew and pulsated and gave birth to baby tongues? Pretty cool, huh?"

I can't be entirely sure that Algar and W&G were referring to the same contract.

Algar also added, "It's like people only do these things because they can get paid. And that's just really sad."


Algar also took the opportunity to comment on some hot sports topics, for which we are greatly appreciative.  Here are some excerpts:


On Tony Romo's Fiancee: "She's magically babelicious."

On The Belichick Era in Foxboro: "It's like a new pair of underwear. At first, it's constrictive. But after awhile it becomes a part of you."

On the Carolina Panthers Offense: "Wow, what a shitty circus."

On CC Sabathia's Expanding Wasteline: "I definitely smell a pork product of some kind."

We at Woodsy and Gordo want to thank Garth for his time.