AHL Goalie Delivers All-Time Quote: 'Trying Not To Be Too Horny'

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, and so are the American Hockey League's Calder Cup Playoffs, and one goalie may have delivered the line of either league's playoffs.

The Rochester Americans and the Syracuse Crunch got their Northern Division Semifinal series underway on Friday night in Rochester.

Between the pipes for the Americans — the AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres — was Devon Levi. He was busy and faced a considerable amount of rubber stopping 35 of 37 shots in the Americans' 3-2 win.

As you might expect in a close game like that, the Crunch — the AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning — pulled netminder Brandon Helverson for the extra attacker late in the game in a bid to send it to overtime. With just five ticks on the clock, Levi stoned the Crunch with what looked like an almost certain goal.

Alright, so the guy is walking with his chest puffed out after a heck of a Game 1 performance, but it's his press conference performance we need to talk about.

According to reporter Mat Mlodzinski, Levi was asked about not taking an opportunity to launch a puck the length of the ice and into Syracyse's empty cage.

He said that he'd rather the team seal the win than add to the score with yet another AHL goalie goal (there were four this season). Then he dropped a quote that will follow him for the rest of his career.

"I'm not trying to be too horny for, y'know, scoring more than what we need," he said. "We got what we needed and that was it."

The self-restraint is incredible because I think all of us hockey fans are at least marginally for scoring and especially goal-scoring. 

But it makes sense. You miss the net, there's a faceoff back in the defensive zone, and the next thing you know Syracuse draws up a play and sends that game to OT.

Not if Devon Levi has anything to say about it. He's taking the win and going home. What a guy.

For Levi — who appeared in 23 games for the Sabres this season — at just 22 years old to not let his goal-scoring horn-doggedness get the best of him is nothing short of remarkable.