Continuing ECHL Week here on 100 Degree Hockey, this is a great profile I got together on the Steelheads' local emergency backup goalie, Doug Melvin.
If you met Doug Melvin in the street, you would never guess at his role with the Idaho Steelheads. With a head of silver hair and a physique a la Jack Lalanne, Melvin is the 50-something emergency backup goalie for the Steelheads.
"We only have a certain number of goalies under contract," said Melvin after an arduous morning skate. "It’s inevitable that goalies are called up. Even in the role I play, you have to come every day to play.