Roni Salmenkangas came to the Quad City Storm in November as a stop-gap goalie. Because of an injury to starter Brent Moran, ...

University of Alberta Golden Bear Tyler Palmer will serve as the Oilers' EBUG with Stuart Skinner out against Seattle.

Calvin Pickard helped backstop the Oilers to a solid 4-2 victory over the Kraken last night, but his backup also got some ...

The Lightning will be without one of their top players against the Blackhawks. The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that ...

A phone call in math class for Gull Lake's Cade Mitchell led to the 15-year-old suiting up at the Western Hockey League level ...

That meant the Bison found themselves in need of an emergency backup goalie, or EBUG. They didn't need to look far. Enter Jason Proot, ticket sales representative for the Bison who has played ...

Goalie injuries making life difficult for the ... But tonight, Minnesota’s EBUG will actually start his night on the Wild bench, if Fleury is too sick to make it there.

Each NHL team must pay one EBUG in the stands at every home game and have them be available to either team if a goalie goes down. The Kraken keep a rotation of three such emergency goalies ...

That forced the Senators to famously call on EBUG Zach Dietz from the uOttawa ... Both were acquired by trade to solve the club's long-running goalie issues. Both were signed to four-year ...