He’s 6-foot-7 off skates and nearly 6-foot-10 with ‘em on, earning him the (pretty apt) nickname “Big Ben.”
We’re talking, of course, about Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop, who over the last two seasons has gone from the answer to a trivia question to one of the league’s most dominant shot-stoppers; after last year’s Vezina finalist nod, Bishop is now playing in his first-ever Stanley Cup Final.
On the Dan Patrick Show, NHL on NBC analyst Pierre McGuire talked about Bishop and how he represents a changing of the guard in goal, in which teams are trending towards bigger, taller ‘tenders.
