The legend of David Ayres is now award-winning. After more than 2 million votes were cast in the 2020 NHL Fan Choice Awards, Ayres' emergency goaltending performance for the Carolina Hurricanes was ...

David Ayres can't believe it has been one year since he went from being a maintenance operations manager to one of hockey's best Cinderella stories in one memorable night. Working at the Mattamy ...

RALEIGH, NC - The ovation brought by the crowd inside PNC Arena Monday night as the siren sounded to kick off the Canes contest against the Maple Leafs sounded fit for a star that had played over a ...

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 ...

David Ayres has been enshrined in hockey history forever. The 42-year-old netminder, who became the first emergency backup goaltender in NHL history to record a win, had his game stick placed into the ...

David Ayres is a name that stokes fear in the hearts of Toronto Maple Leafs fans as he is the one who completely destroyed them in relief for the Carolina Hurricanes. Back in 2020, just weeks before ...

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 ...

Feb. 22, 2020. Where were you? David Ayres, a then 42-year-old buildings operations manager, was plucked from the stands at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto as the designated emergency back-up goaltender.

What a whirlwind week for now-household name emergency backup goalie David Ayres. Since stepping into the crease to secure an NHL win on Saturday night for the Carolina Hurricanes, the 42-year-old ...