Roman Kaspar, 24, is a goalie for HC Klasterce in the Czech Republic.  The hilarious keeper says he remembers drinking before the game, and posing for photographs afterwards, but not a lot of what happened in between is proving harder to recall.

A successful ice hockey goalie requires balance, speed, and cat-like reflexes. Unfortunately Kaspar, stumbled out on to the ice after hitting the bar before the game.

Even more surprising is that his team, HC Klasterce, went on to win the match 8-5 against rivals Karlovy Vary. Amazingly he also manages to save one shot on goal by virtually falling on the puck.

Kaspar said: 'I remember drinking, and feeling pretty happy about the match, which we won I hasten to add, the next thing I knew we were doing the after the match photos.'

'Whatever happened in between is a blur, but I can't have been that bad because I saved a few goals.'

He said the drink had probably loosened him up and helped his game, but watchers said it was more a question of being lucky enough to be standing in the right place at the right time.

The video has been watched more than a million times on YouTube since it was posted a week ago.