After the Ottawa Senators called Hammond up from their AHL farm team in Binghamton during the 2014-15, he lost his first game and then went 14-0-1 in his next 15 starts.
Bergeron called the fast-food giant’s vice-president of marketing in Toronto with the idea of a hamburger giveaway and the head office suggested a lifetime meal card for Hammond.
They did give me some gift cards back then, but I think I’ve either given those out to friends and family of they’ve been used.
With the AHL’s Iowa Wild this season, Hammond had a 6-2-3 record with a 2.44 GAA and a .908 save percentage before being acquired by the Canadiens, who were desperate for goaltending help with Carey Price and Jake Allen both sidelined with injuries and Samuel Montembeault and Cayden Primeau both struggling.
“Back then I never would have thought it would have taken this long to kind of get back and get an opportunity to play.
It’s something that I’ve tried doing the last few years and trying to kind of block out that noise and just keep preparing for if an opportunity like this did come about.
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