Scott Wedgewood survived much of his lone year in the ECHL without any backup in net and without any backup for his catching hand.
It was 2012. The minor league team he played for in Trenton, N.J., wasn’t carrying a second-string goaltender on the roster. Wedgewood, now a breakout star for the Avs, was on his own and navigating an equipment shortage.
“I used my own glove, my one glove, for like half the season. That was a painful hand for a bit,” he said Tuesday in the Avalanche locker room. “Everyone has their story, right?