CowboyinAmerica 2,840 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Calgary, AB -- As we've learned before, sometimes the game of hockey does not go as planned. Sometimes, the Seattle Bears win the championship with the worst regular season record of any playoff team. Sometimes, Benjamin Glover retires without a championship. And sometimes, a second-year goalie coming off a 12-win season is on pace to have the second-best save percentage in the past six seasons. "Nope, I don't get it either," Calgary goaltender Hans Wingate told reporters after the team's most recent win against Stockholm. "I'm not entirely sure why I'm playing so well, but I'll take it." Wingate would go on to say that he fully expects to come back down to earth soon. Notably, he only needs to point to last season; Wingate held a save percentage around .920 for most of the year before failing miserably in his final ten games and plummeting down to .912. (That fall also helped Calgary secure the second pick in the draft.) However, there are a few encouraging signs on the horizon. While data analysts expected Wingate's struggles to start in the current Calgary stretch against Euro powers, where he plays Cologne (3 times), Stockholm (2 times) and Davos in six straight games, he has currently allowed just three goals in three games during the first half of that stretch. And with more talent coming to Calgary in the form of Sachimo Zoidberg and Teuvo Ruutu, it's conceivable that he'll face fewer shots moving forward as well. eaglesfan036 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Time to retire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinAmerica 2,840 Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 If Calgary wins it all and I get Goalie of the Year, winning both awards in 50% of my seasons gets me into HOF right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I'll sabotage the VHL before that to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,593 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Boubabi just mad he traded away the first overall pick and didn't take WinGod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,650 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Don't worry about Cologne. I got you son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,896 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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