NEW YORK — Dustin Tokarski wasn’t standing on top of the world following the Montreal Canadiens’ 3-2 overtime win Thursday night, but he was standing on top of a milk crate.
The 24-year-old just played the game of his life, and there simply was not enough room in the visiting locker room at Madison Square Garden to handle the media swell he commanded. He didn’t have much to say, offering mostly cliché answers about not getting too high or low and his teammates in front of him playing well, but the raised platform helped the 5'11" goaltender address the crowd.
He was asked what about his life had changed in three days since he was thrust into the spotlight after Carey Price suffered a right knee injury that will sideline him for the rest of the series.
“I got a few Twitter followers, so that was kind of cool,” Tokarski said. “I don’t even know for sure. A couple thousand, maybe."
After saving the Canadiens’ season with a 35-save performance in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final that trimmed the New York Rangers’ lead in the best-of-seve ...
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