Terry Sawchuk

Full Name: Terrance Gordon Sawchuk
Born: December 28, 1929
Died: May 31, 1970
Number: 1
Played for the Red Wings: 1950-1955, 1957-1965, 1968-1969
Birth Place: Winnipeg, Canada
Position: Goalie

Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was born on December 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Canada. Most know Terry as being one of the best goaltender to ever play in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in the league for an outstanding twenty one years. Terry played for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, and most importantly the Detroit Red Wings. In his career he had an amazing shutout count of one hundred and three, eighty seven of which were for the Red Wings. He began playing for Hockey Town in the 1950-51 season, winning the Calder Trophy proving him to be the best rookie of the year. The next year he led the Red Wings to a Stanley Cup victory. Five years after playing for the Red Wings, he was traded. While traded he had difficulty playing up to par and retired. That same year, he was traded back to the Red Wings and began to play as he had previously, extremely well. Arguably one of the toughest players to ever play in the NHL, he played in a time before the goalie mask, as you can see on the legends bar above, he sustained many injuries and keep on going. As the years rolled by he began to wear the mask, but not after receiving more then six hundred stitches. Due to his depression Sawchuk enjoyed drinking. In an intoxicated fight with a teammate while playing for the New York Rangers Sawchuk sustained injures which lead to his death a few weeks later, but not after having won four hundred and seven games in the NHL.

Season	Club	GP	W	L	T	SO	Avg	GP	W	L	SO	Avg
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	7	4	3	0	1	2.29
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	13	13	11	1.99	6	2	4	1	1.68
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	14	12	12	1.90	8	8	0	4	0.63
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	63	32	15	16	9	1.90	6	2	4	1	3.39
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	67	35	19	13	12	1.93	12	8	4	2	1.60
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	68	40	17	11	12	1.96	11	8	3	1	2.36
1955-56	Boston Bruins	68	22	33	13	9	2.60
1956-57	Boston Bruins	34	18	10	6	2	2.38
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	3	2.94	4	0	4	0	4.52
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings	67	23	36	8	5	3.09
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings	58	24	20	14	5	2.67	6	2	4	0	2.96
1960-61	Detroit Red Wings	37	12	16	8	2	3.13	8	5	3	1	2.32
1961-62	Detroit Red Wings	43	14	21	8	5	3.28
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	48	22	16	7	3	2.55	11	5	6	0	3.18
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	53	25	20	7	5	2.64	13	6	5	1	2.75
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	36	17	13	6	1	2.56	1	0	1	0	3.00
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	27	10	11	3	1	3.16	2	0	2	0	3.00
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	28	15	5	4	2	2.81	10	6	4	0	2.65
1967-68	Los Angeles Kings	36	11	14	6	2	3.07	5	2	3	1	3.86
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	13	3	4	3	0	2.62
1969-70	New York Rangers	8	3	1	2	1	2.91	3	0	1	0	4.50
	NHL Totals	971	447	330	172	103	2.51	106	54	48	12	2.54

 

Other Well Known Accomplishments

Calder Memorial Trophy (1951)
First All-Star Team Goalie (1951, 1952, 1953)
Lester Patrick Trophy (1971)
Second All-Star Team Goalie (1954, 1955, 1959, 1963)
Vezina Trophy (1952, 1953, 1955, 1965)