Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff posted a subscriber-only article about Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot hitting the 500-games-played mark on Friday vs. New Jersey:
“Just getting to know him in one year, it’s an impressive feat,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “It always is. Huge credit to him.”
All the way along, Talbot has taken a circuitous route to writing his version of a success story. His choice of college was Alabama-Huntsville, not exactly an NCAA power.
“Not the most highly-touted goalie coming out of college,” Lalonde recalled. “The way he kind of built his career and having him, the character along with the competitor and the talent, you can see why he got to this point, this milestone in his career.”
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