San Jose Mercury News · Mar 26, 2017
Sharks’ Aaron Dell nominated for Bill Masterton Trophy
Josie Lepe/Bay Area News Group After three years of college hockey and over four years in various minor leagues, Aaron Dell established himself as the Sharks’ backup goalie this season. SAN JOSE — Goalie Aaron Dell remembers nearly everything about the night he made his NHL debut when the Sharks played the New York Islanders in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.
Dell won his first NHL start, making 21 saves to help the Sharks beat the Islanders 3-2 on Oct. 18.
At 27, after playing at nearly every level of professional hockey imaginable, from Texas to Utah to British Columbia to Massachusetts, he had finally started a game, and won, in the NHL.