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NHL Goaltender Caught Running To Arena On Busy Road With His Equipment After Emergency Call-Up

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Daniel Lucente
December 15, 2024  (9:46)
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Goaltender Zachary Dietz caught running to Canadian Tire Centre after he gets urgently called up
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Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg got injured in warmup which forced the team to call on their EBUG, and he was caught running to the arena with his equipment.

The Ottawa Senators have started the 2024-25 campaign on a high, showcasing promise for hopefully making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs and living up to expectations.

Adding Linus Ullmark between the pipes has added so much more confidence in that area of the team's weakness for quite some time now. This past Saturday, one of their goaltenders took part in a moment no one could ever forget and that went viral across the hockey landscape.

When Anton Forsberg went down with an injury during warmups, the team required an emergency backup goaltender. In comes Zachary Dietz, a University of Ottawa netminder who was in attendance at the game, sporting a Josh Norris jersey.

And in one of those stranger-than-fiction scenarios, he was summoned to dress, sending him scrambling through snow-lined streets to gather his equipment.

A video making the rounds online shows the 22-year-old running toward the arena, creating an instantly viral moment.

Zachary Dietz, who's posted a sterling .930 save percentage and 1.72 GAA in three games with the University of Ottawa this season, showed he's got the in-game chops to compete at an NHL level.

Though he never got into a game, his story captured fans' attention. According to 'The Athletic's' Julien McKenzie, Dietz did sit alone in the locker room, dressed and ready, in his signed Norris game jersey.

Julien McKenzie continued with a tweet of the Senators jersey made ready for Dietz, further making it a memorable moment.

Though his services weren't needed that night, Dietz's surprise call-up remains a pretty incredible story. If the Senators ever do need another EBUG, fans won't soon forget the mayhem and magic of Dietz's unforgettable Saturday evening.

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