Insurance salesman hits life goal
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An insurance salesman in Frisco, Texas, had a pretty sweet how-was-your-weekend, high-five-inducing tale to share at the water cooler.
As Thomas Hodges, an agent with New York Life, relayed to his colleagues, and the readers of Texas Monthly: He took the ice as an emergency goalie for the Anaheim Ducks during their season finale Friday night against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Mr. Hodges, who has been playing hockey since he was 12 and played for Southern Methodist University, serves as an emergency replacement goalie for the NHL. For Mr. Hodges, who played the final period for the Ducks, it was the fifth time he had been summoned to dress for a game but the first time he actually got some game time.
He made two saves and gave up just one goal, on a power play.
“I was probably about as nervous as I’ve ever been,” Mr. Hodges told a reporter. “I’ve never played in front of so many people. But, you know — experience of a lifetime and something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life for sure.”
