Emergency Avalanche goalie Eric Schaupeter received the text at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
“Hey, are you in town? Can you skate?” Schaupeter said of the text from Avs trainer Matt Sokolowski. “Get over here at 11 a.m.”
And so the 52-year-old Schaupeter, a grandfather of two, packed his goalie gear and drove to Family Sports Center, where he said his save percentage probably dipped to .100 in the hourlong skate.
“Oh, it’s ridiculous, they score whenever they want,” Schaupeter, 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, said of the Avs’ shooters. “Today I think 10 or 12 in a row went in.