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File this one under: At least they tried. 

Tenafly High school (New Jersey) attempted to start a game on Sunday against St. Joseph’s of Montvale with an out of the box strategy by taking one of their skaters off of the ice and playing with two goalies in its net in an effort to slow down a highly ranked team that was probably going to beat them anyway. 

Here is what it looked like, via @HockeyAdvantage.

There was only one problem with the move. It's illegal, and once the officials found the rule in the rule book it resulted in Tenafly getting a two-minute delay of game penalty to start the game.

Everything about this is great, from the fact that Tenafly seemed willing to play shorthanded to bring an extra goalie in, to the fact the two goalies were positioned directly in front of each other when they probably should have been staggered in the crease to avoid screening one another and/or running into each other. 

St. Joseph's of Montvale went on to win the game 10-0.

In case you're wondering, the NHL has a rule against this as well.

Rule 5.3: Goalkeeper - Each team shall be allowed one goalkeeper on the ice at one time. The goalkeeper may be removed and another skater substituted. Such substitute shall not be permitted the privileges of the goalkeeper.

Each team shall have on its bench, or on a chair immediately beside the bench, a substitute goalkeeper who shall, at all times, be fully dressed and equipped ready to play. Except when both goalkeepers are incapacitated, no skater in the playing roster in that game shall be permitted to wear the equipment of the goalkeeper.

[H/T Dave Lozo at Uproxx]