Has an emergency backup goalie ever gotten into a game. Welcome to the official youtube channel of the vancouver canucks. University goalie serves as sharks emergency backup. Nhl puts an end to amateur emergency backup goaltenders. Blues handed first loss of the season by canucks in ot. Todd bertuzzi, markus naslund, and brendan morrison will be together once again at rogers arena, as the vancouver canucks celebrate the west coast express before their game with the buffalo sabres on monday. Chris levesque s university coach just so happened to be at the practise when cloutier was injured and gave his goalies name to the canucks staff. View entire discussion 17 comments more posts from the hockey. Kerry emanuel, professor of atmospheric science, m. The celebration is part of the canucks recognition of the 20th anniversary of rogers arena.
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Pittsburgh penguins 3, vancouver canucks 4 final ot. There is something about a good underdog story that resonates deeply with an audience. The story of vancouver canucks gumchewing emergency backup, ubc thunderbirds goaltender chris levesque. Subscribe for exclusive news, stories and features from canuckstv. Levesque was signed to a oneday amateur contract to backup johan hedberg. Long before david ayres, a third string ubc thunderbirds goalie sat on the bench backing up johan hedberg. A clip from our april bonus episode on the 200304 vancouver canucks. This was a surreal moment for chris levesque, the second backup. Chris levesque born august 6, 1980 is a canadian retired ice hockey goaltender for the university of british columbia ubc thunderbirds from 2001 to 2005.
As a longtime canucks fan, though, white mostly remembered dec. In 2003, chris levesque was called up after dan cloutier was injured. Also apparently he has a website or something where he says he is a former nhl goalie for the vancouver canucks my dad and i were talking about it just the other day. Vancouver, british columbia ap canucks coach willie desjardins knows this formula for success cant be sustained. The nhl was something he never put any thought into.
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Dream come true for ubc goalie called up by vancouver canucks. Vancouver canucks recruits ubcs goalie matt hewitt as. Wow so bizarre seeing so many people talk about this guy today. In 2003 ubc s chris levesque was recruited for a single game and came very close to actually playing when it. Dream come true for ubc goalie called up by vancouver.
In this clip, we look back at the chris levesque game on december 9th 2003 between the canucks and the penguins. On december 9, 2003 he was busy studying for an exam when he got a call from the vancouver canucks letting him know that they were needing his services as an emergency backup. Get all the latest stats, news, videos and more on chris levesque. Served as a emergency back up goalie for the vancouver canucks on december 9th, 2003 as dan cloutier was injured in the morning skate. Matt hewitt skated at ubc after signing a oneday contract with the vancouver canucks. The canucks won 43 in overtime, and levesque was not paid for his performance, although. Levesque was studying for an exam when the canucks asked him to play and he thought he was the victim of a prank. Seemed like a pretty easy evening for levesque until. They are making bad decisions for the company, behave unethically, and are not at all focused on taking care of employees. Website producer dresses briefly as backup goalie for washington capitals. In 2003 ubc s chris levesque was recruited for a single game and came very close to actually playing when it momentarily appeared canucks starter johan hedberg was injured. On december 9, 2003, under bizarre circumstances, he was called up to serve for one game as a backup goaltender for the vancouver canucks of the national hockey league nhl.
Hence the reason the canucks had to use chris levesque. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. A clip from our april bonus episode on the 200304 vancouver canucks in this clip, we look back at the chris levesque game on december 9th 2003 between the canucks and the penguins. Neither was auld in fact thats why the canucks needed levesque. Over the coming weeks and months, i will be counting down the top 10 canucks seasons of alltime. Vancouver offtopic current events the offtopic forum for vancouver, funnies, nonauto centered discussions, work safe. The national hockey league has sort of put an end to amateur emergency backup goaltenders, according to a tweet from. Bertuzzi, naslund, and morrison made up one of the most exciting and dominant lines in. Chris began his hockey career at very young age and has been passionately coaching and developing goalies for over 20 years. Hewitt will dress as the backup goaltender for the vancouver canucks against the st. Seemed like a pretty easy evening for levesque until hedberg went down following a.
Official 20082009 canucks thread page 236 revscene. Chris levesque born august 6, 1980 is a canadian former ice hockey goaltender for the. Chris cuthbert lived the dream when he called sidney crosbys golden goal for all of canada to hear. Most bizarre sports moments of 2003 pedro martinez don. Hewitt also isnt the first ubc player to receive the call from the canucks. An educational event for members of congress, congressional staff, and interested members of the public honorary hosts senator cory booker dnj senator sheldon whitehouse dri panel experts dr. Alan jackson how great thou art live film director. Its a similar situation to the one faced by the vancouver canucks in. Sharks sign college goalie to amateur tryout the san. Fan fuels trevor smart looks at eight lucky guys that were signed to oneday nhl contracts to be backup goalies in a real game. Ray ferraro was right next to him and they both reflect on that golden day for canada. Chris levesque thought his friends were playing a joke on him, when they pulled him away from studying, and told him the vancouver canucks needed him to play goalie. Get the latest updated stats for vancouver canucks goaltender chris levesque on.