The St. Charles Chill professional hockey club announced Tuesday the Central Hockey League (CHL) club has signed forward Kyle O’Kane and goaltender Kevin McFarland. The signings bring the total number of players signed by the Chill to five and all five players are local to the greater St. Louis area.
Most of us who follow hockey may not have known that the job even existed – NHL practice goalie.
Today, Frank Cusumano introduces us to a young man who is stopping pucks against the games best, although he actually wasn’t even good enough to make his high school team.
He really is living a dream.
Former SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey player Kevin McFarland ’12 is spending the National Hockey League preseason in St. Louis Blues camp. The goaltender, who set the Bears’ single-season save percentage mark (.914) in 2011-12, is enjoying every second of his experience while it lasts.
