GLENDALE, Ariz. - Nathan Schoenfeld got the chance to serve as Arizona Coyotes backup goalie against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday after Anders Lindback sustained a lower-body injury during an off-ice activity prior to warmups.
With starter Louis Domingue the only healthy goaltender on their roster, the Coyotes called on Schoenfeld, who played for Arizona State University's club team and more recently in a local men's league.

"This was incredible," Schoenfeld said after the Coyotes' 6-2 win. "It's going to take a little while for it to soak in that this all really happened. Five weeks ago, my wife delivered twin boys, and tonight I'm on the bench as the backup goalie in an NHL game. Pretty good year so far."
Schoenfeld, 31, is the Coyotes' local emergency goalie. He was home with his family about an hour before game time when his father-in-law, Arizona equipment manager Stan Wilson, told him he was needed at Gila River Arena.

"I got a text from my father-in-law saying, 'Lindback in his weekly Unmasked column.*