How late-blooming Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood became one of the NHL playoffs’ best stories

Scott Wedgewood, a career backup goaltender for the Colorado Avalanche, has posted an impressive 6-0 record with a .923 save percentage in the NHL playoffs. His journey to success was far from straightforward — at age 27, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he had bounced around five organizations and was questioning whether he had a future in the league. Wedgewood's late-career breakthrough has made him one of the standout stories of the current playoff run.