So in reading a little more about the guy, he just seems to be anti bull sh*t. He faced down Hammy. Not easy. He is a goalie who rejects superstitions. And this:
Sabres.com: You grew up on an island (on the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota) going to a one-room school with your sister until age 7. What was that experience like?
Lyon: “The story actually stretches further every time somebody writes about it.”
And this: