His love of football spawned Hamish the Goalie – about the Dundee United goalkeeper Hamish McAlpine – which was also recorded by Leo Sayer, and The Flight of the Heron, a tribute to the Celtic footballer Gil Heron, father of the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron.
(Disclosure -- The interview with Tim Howard was set up by Allstate, who requested one question be asked of the goalie about his relationship with the company).
First, let's take a hard moment to give what props are due to the Boston team, which is, ironically — with the exception of their Slovak captain and their well-deserved Conn Smythe-winning American goalie, Tim Thomas — about as Canadian a team as any that has played.
Being the private man that Tito Vilanova is, and sharing that trait with Pellegrini, he will keep his thoughts to himself on whether the change of goalie brought about the first time this year that Real has conceded three goals.
With about ten seconds to go, the puck arrived at the Capitals' net, the Rangers whacked at it, and the fourth time, Brad Richards managed, just as the goalie was about to close his hand over the puck, to send it past the goalie's pad, and remarkably, between the arm and the chest of the Capitals player who had slid into the goal in the goalie's absence.
"I don't think any incident will overshadow what the game's all about," Toronto goalie Curtis Joseph said, almost pleadingly.
The Penguins may have their own goalie to wonder about.
He said he gets tips about "goalie shortages" from ECHL players via Facebook.
There is something about goalie masks that stirs the soul, sometimes in a dark way, apt for Halloween season.
Another possible departure is Mike Richter, the star goalie who is about to become an unrestricted free agent.
They did not seem worried that a National Hockey League supervisor warned them before the game about goalie interference.
