Hurricanes' emergency backup paints own mask featuring fellow equipment managers
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Jorge Alves is embracing the opportunity.
The Carolina Hurricanes equipment manager has been signed to a professional tryout agreement in order to fill in as Cam Ward's backup Saturday, relieving an ill Eddie Lack.
Alves even helped paint his own mask, with a hat tip to his colleagues.
The mask Jorge Alves will wear tonight features his fellow equipment managers. Erik Huffine drew caricatures. Jorge painted it himself. pic.twitter.com/PHympx1LhC
— Mike Sundheim (@MikeSundheim) December 31, 2016
Alves will be on the bench when Carolina takes on Tampa Bay on Saturday.
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