High school goalie makes whopping 98 saves in loss

A Minnesota high school goaltender delivered a record performance in his team's season opener Saturday, and yet still found himself on the wrong end of the scoreboard.

Tony Bruns, a senior goalie for Morris/Benson, made 98 stops in a 12-0 loss to Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato, setting what is believed to be a state and national single-game record, according to Loren Nelson of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Bruns had no idea how many pucks he'd turned away until he looked at the scoresheet afterwards.

"I actually had a question about a penalty at the end of the game, so that was why we were looking at the scoresheet on the way home," he said. "And then we saw the save total and thought, 'Oh my, what is going on, is that some sort of record?'"

Last weekend, Morris/Benson boys' hockey goalie Tony Bruns made 98 saves - in a single game. https://t.co/AOBHMUzeLV pic.twitter.com/T6mNaYS8L0

- Star Tribune Sports (@StribSports) December 1, 2016

The previous record listed by the National Federation of State High School Associations is an 84-save performance by Jamey Ramsey of Flint Northern (Michigan) in 1987.

- With h/t to Extra Mustard

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