Worst Goalie of All-Time in Jail!

You probably haven’t heard his name before, but Atilli Ambrus is statistically the worst goalie to ever play professional hockey… and he is spending is 40th birthday in jail! In late 1988, while escaping the cruel Communist regime in Romania, Ambrus talked his way into a tryout with UTE, a hockey team coming off of seven straight national championships. But his time between the pipes for the UTE hockey club can be best described as adventurous, where Ambrus was the backup goalkeeper, served as janitor and also drove the Zamboni!

His claim to fame is that he gave up 23 goals in one game and 88 during a five game stretch! Where was the friekin’ coach during all of this? Apparently, the club couldn’t afford better players as the first wave of capitalism swept across Eastern Europe. Deep in debt, Ambrus skipped practice for three straight days, drank whiskey, then bought a wig and toy gun at a flea market. He launched his new career in bank robbing and the rest is history. Things went so swimmingly, though, that over the next 12 months, the gentlemanly bandit pulled another 10 heists. How can you blame him? I guess if we were that bad in anything, we would resort to stealing and drinking as well… here’s to you buddy! Dominik Hasik’s got nothing on you…!