Philadelphia Flyers legend and fan favorite goaltender back in the early days Ron Hextall recently took place in a media podcast with the show ‘'In The Crease'' , where Hextall would go on to tell multiple stories throughout his 20 plus year hockey career, but one stood out the most. Take a read below
"I left home fairly early, when I was sixteen, to play tier-two junior in Melville, Saskatchewan. One time we played the Prince Albert Raiders, in Prince Albert, and I had over a hundred shots. They scored 21.
I let in three goals in the first, I let in six in the second, and I let in twelve in the third.
In the third period I couldn't even get up. Literally, I would go down on the ice and I was so tired I couldn't get up.
They picked me as the first star. Something was wrong there: 21 goals against and you're the first star. (Laughs) I think we had eight skaters. We were the worst team in the league when we had our whole team, so you can imagine what we were like when only eight guys showed up. But it was a good year for me, a good developmental year. What is it they say? If you want to be a good goalie get with a bad team."
