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A fact from Scott Foster (ice hockey) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Scott Foster, a 36-year-old accountant, made his professional ice hockey debut as a goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2018 and saved every shot he faced?
It's always fun watching new pages grow, especially when faced with lots of public attention and scrutiny. Thanks to HickoryOughtShirt?4 and CASSIOPEIA for helping with the review process here and fixing my always terrible references!
I've noticed that this source says that he got paid a flat fee of $500 plus got to keep his jersey. I'm not adding this without agreement as I don't know if it is correct plus I don't know an awful lot about NHL contracts. @MTG1989: are you able to shed any light on this? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk)06:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There seems to be a lot of conflicting sources. According to this source [1] if he had previously played a game he would've been paid $500 and got to keep his jersey. It's possible the Blackhawks were just nice and paid him anyways but contractually they don't have to. I have found sources that say either or however. Either the CBA isn't clear or there is just a general lack of available information. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 06:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@The C of E: I also found this tweet from CapFriendly.com [2] that agrees with the above. In the comments, someone asked about the $500 and jersey and CapFriendly replied that is for a PTO. According to the NHL.com pdf, (page 127) it is for a PTO: [3]. Possible people are confusing them. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:21, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@HickoryOughtShirt?4:@The C of E: Ok, so the way that I've always interpreted situations like this is that the goaltender is initially signed to an ATO in advance of the game, and then is signed to a one-day professional contract before he is set to enter the game. I saw this in an article in The Players' Tribune. I'll search for that -- I'm on mobile at the moment -- but as far as I know, a player cannot play in an NHL game on an ATO. MTG1989talk21:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
In the article and tweet it says he was signed to an ATO and per the NHL PDF of the CBA they don't get anything. However there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding this. I also want to note that the OP link is of a fan blog and whenever I see it linked I try and replace it with a more credible source. So it is possible it's just misinformation. I'll try and find the article as well but I am also on my mobile.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:49, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The source at the link in the OP has been replaced with an updated story, and it confirms that he wasn't paid for the appearance because he was signed to an ATO. So yeah, he summarized his pay best in the post-game interview: "just beer league glory". Imzadi 1979→04:57, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
