Washington’s Vitek Vanecek Leaves Game, Emergency Backup On Bench

2 years ago  /  Pro Hockey Rumors

Washington Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek will be out for the remainder of the team’s game tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins with an upper-body injury, the team announced. Taxi squad goalie Hunter Shepard, who was in the building, is on the bench as the emergency backup. Vanecek collided with Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen in the crease during the first…...

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