Buffalo Sabres goaltender Michael Houser is set to make his first career NHL start on Monday versus the New York Islanders, the club announced.
Houser’s been on the Sabres’ taxi squad for much of the 2021 season but has yet to play a game. The 28-year-old was never drafted, and his last professional appearance came on March 7, 2020, for the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones, according to Jourdon LaBarber of the Sabres website.
He’s played only one game above the ECHL level since the 2016-17 campaign – a one-save effort in relief with the Tucson Roadrunners.
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