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Great Job Nelson
Official Stat Line from League office:7 saves on 22 shots. (.772) 0-0-1 record for 2019.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Epic stand-in goalie performance by Nelson Sharfman helps Schlitz earn tie with Scape-Douches!
Not photoshopped picture of Sharfman after tonight's 5-5 stand-in victory
CANTON — The Schlidavers aren't done with Nelson Sharfman just yet.
Sharfman, a 51-year-old Zamboni driver, was forced to be Schlitz's emergency goalie for its road game Tuesday night against the Scape-Douches. Sharfman, of Foxboro, MA., stopped eight of 13 shots he faced in his NHL debut, helping the Schlitz capture a 5-5 victory.
Afterward, he was named the game's first, second, and third star. Sharfman came into the game in the first period after injuries to regular netminders Joe Jarck and Randy Dudek.
After the game, the Schlidavers announced Sharfman will attend their next game against the Street Cones.
"See you Monday, Sharfman!" the club said on its Twitter account. "Sharfman will be in the building on Monday and will be our @VectorSecurity Siren Sounder!"
For Sharfman, it's another opportunity for him to hang out with his new teammates.
"They're flying me down to Brockton for their game on Monday so I'll get to spend more time with the guys, which is good," he told reporters in Canton on Tuesday at the 'davers practice facility. "They're a great team, great organization."
It was also announced that Sharfman will be making rounds on American talk shows on Wednesday as well, including The Today Show on NBC, Fox and Friends and CNN World Sport.
After the win over ‘douches, the Schlitz posted a video of Sharfman being showered by ‘davers players with water when he came into the team's locker room. Head coach George Moorachian praised both Sharfman and his team for their efforts.
"It's not often in a game that you get tied to a great memory," he said. "All you have is the memories you've got and you guys just gave me one, you gave each other one.
"But it's a memory I'm going to have forever, the way you guys played in that third period for you (pointing to Sharfman) and the way you (Sharfman) played for us."
What's more, the stick Sharfman used in the game is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Canton Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin also announced Wednesday will be "Nelson Sharfman Day" in the city.
The Schlitz started selling shirts with Sharfman's name and No. 14 after the game. The team says Sharfman will get royalties and a portion of the proceeds will go to a kidney foundation in honour of the goaltender, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2004.
Predictably, Sharfman was inundated with congratulations and well wishes for his accomplishment following the game. And the high of the incident resulted in precious little sleep that night.
"I got off the ice (Tuesday) and I think I had 160 text messages," said Sharfman, who has worked as a Zamboni driver for the Canton Jr. Huskies and also has served as a goalie in workouts and practices for the Cadavers and Schlitz. "My phone was blowing up and hasn't stopped.
"(Schlidavers GM Jeff Fosdick) texted me (Wednesday) morning just to say congratulations, which was awesome. I got a text from former ‘Davers coach Matt Kilroy. I spoke to Campbell (PTC head coach Mike Campbell) . . . obviously it was a tough loss for them but he was happy for me as well. It's been great."
Sharfman admitted he was surprised to have received the game's first, second, and third star.
"I got off the ice and I was going back to the change room and the guy stopped me and said, 'You're going nowhere. You're going back on the ice.' " Sharfman said. "I thought I was getting the third star.
"It (first, second, third stars) was really cool. I was surprised how many people stuck around in the arena afterwards. The ovation I got from the Canton fan, even though I wasn't on the Scape-douches team was fantastic."
Sharfman said Lizzie, a former ‘davers goalie, was very supportive of him during and after the game.
"Lizzie actually sat with me in the second intermission," Sharfman said. "He said, 'Have fun, this is your time. This isn't your full-time job but you're out here, you know what you're doing. Just be a goalie and make saves.'
"I settled down in the third period and he came in after and he was pretty pumped up."
Sharfman admitted he was surprised to have not faced more shots from the Douches but credited the Schlitz for that.
"You figure they (Douches) would've been shooting from everywhere," he said. "But Schlitz did a great job of blocking everything and keeping everything to the outside.
"They didn't really give them much of a chance to shoot from everywhere, really."
This report by The Canton Press was first published March 3, 2020.
Sharfman, a 51-year-old Zamboni driver, was forced to be Schlitz's emergency goalie for its road game Tuesday night against the Scape-Douches. Sharfman, of Foxboro, MA., stopped eight of 13 shots he faced in his NHL debut, helping the Schlitz capture a 5-5 victory.
Afterward, he was named the game's first, second, and third star. Sharfman came into the game in the first period after injuries to regular netminders Joe Jarck and Randy Dudek.
After the game, the Schlidavers announced Sharfman will attend their next game against the Street Cones.
"See you Monday, Sharfman!" the club said on its Twitter account. "Sharfman will be in the building on Monday and will be our @VectorSecurity Siren Sounder!"
For Sharfman, it's another opportunity for him to hang out with his new teammates.
"They're flying me down to Brockton for their game on Monday so I'll get to spend more time with the guys, which is good," he told reporters in Canton on Tuesday at the 'davers practice facility. "They're a great team, great organization."
It was also announced that Sharfman will be making rounds on American talk shows on Wednesday as well, including The Today Show on NBC, Fox and Friends and CNN World Sport.
After the win over ‘douches, the Schlitz posted a video of Sharfman being showered by ‘davers players with water when he came into the team's locker room. Head coach George Moorachian praised both Sharfman and his team for their efforts.
"It's not often in a game that you get tied to a great memory," he said. "All you have is the memories you've got and you guys just gave me one, you gave each other one.
"But it's a memory I'm going to have forever, the way you guys played in that third period for you (pointing to Sharfman) and the way you (Sharfman) played for us."
What's more, the stick Sharfman used in the game is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Canton Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin also announced Wednesday will be "Nelson Sharfman Day" in the city.
The Schlitz started selling shirts with Sharfman's name and No. 14 after the game. The team says Sharfman will get royalties and a portion of the proceeds will go to a kidney foundation in honour of the goaltender, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2004.
Predictably, Sharfman was inundated with congratulations and well wishes for his accomplishment following the game. And the high of the incident resulted in precious little sleep that night.
"I got off the ice (Tuesday) and I think I had 160 text messages," said Sharfman, who has worked as a Zamboni driver for the Canton Jr. Huskies and also has served as a goalie in workouts and practices for the Cadavers and Schlitz. "My phone was blowing up and hasn't stopped.
"(Schlidavers GM Jeff Fosdick) texted me (Wednesday) morning just to say congratulations, which was awesome. I got a text from former ‘Davers coach Matt Kilroy. I spoke to Campbell (PTC head coach Mike Campbell) . . . obviously it was a tough loss for them but he was happy for me as well. It's been great."
Sharfman admitted he was surprised to have received the game's first, second, and third star.
"I got off the ice and I was going back to the change room and the guy stopped me and said, 'You're going nowhere. You're going back on the ice.' " Sharfman said. "I thought I was getting the third star.
"It (first, second, third stars) was really cool. I was surprised how many people stuck around in the arena afterwards. The ovation I got from the Canton fan, even though I wasn't on the Scape-douches team was fantastic."
Sharfman said Lizzie, a former ‘davers goalie, was very supportive of him during and after the game.
"Lizzie actually sat with me in the second intermission," Sharfman said. "He said, 'Have fun, this is your time. This isn't your full-time job but you're out here, you know what you're doing. Just be a goalie and make saves.'
"I settled down in the third period and he came in after and he was pretty pumped up."
Sharfman admitted he was surprised to have not faced more shots from the Douches but credited the Schlitz for that.
"You figure they (Douches) would've been shooting from everywhere," he said. "But Schlitz did a great job of blocking everything and keeping everything to the outside.
"They didn't really give them much of a chance to shoot from everywhere, really."
This report by The Canton Press was first published March 3, 2020.
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