Toronto’s Garret Sparks gets emotional after shutout in NHL debut (Video)

In the long history of the Toronto Maple Leafs, no goaltender had shutout his opponent in his NHL debut – until Monday.

Netminder Garret Sparks made 24 saves over the Edmonton Oilers to pick up a shutout in his first NHL game. And after the 3-0 win, he got emotional when informed that he had entered the Maple Leafs record books with the blanking.

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The video of this moment is above.

The 22-year-old Sparks was 8-2-1 with a 1.90 goal-against average and .938 save percentage for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League this year before the call-up due to a James Reimer injury.

He also wore some creative goal pads. 

Last season Sparks played 36 games with the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL. He was selected in the seventh-round (190th overall) by the Leafs in the 2011 NHL Draft. 

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