Birthdate:
September 4, 1963
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
Height:
5' 8"
Weight:
176
Residence:
Moorestown, New Jersey
Family:
Wife, Rosalinde; sons, Ian, Ben, and Nicholas
Personal
Has two favorite charities, the one that he started a foundation for Attention Deficit Disorder and the other is for finding a cure for paralysis, which he held a golf tournament for ten years while he lived in New York...
Hidden talent is that he can talk like Donald Duck...
Favorite hobby is spending time with his kids and playing golf...
Lists former NHL goaltenders Bernie Parent and Eddie Johnston as his hockey heroes...
Favorite toy while growing up was his baseball glove...
Lists the Spectrum in Philadelphia as his favorite arena...
His house is his favorite possession...
Would like to guest star on the television show Touched By An Angel.
CAREER
Is in his 17th NHL season and his
second as a Flyer...
1997-98: Appeared in at least 60 games
for the second time in his career (61 in 1985-86 with the NY Rangers)...
Recorded his 300th NHL win on Dec.
27, 1997 at NY Islanders, becoming the 15th goaltender in NHL history to
reach that milestone...
1996-97: Was the leading vote getter
in the Eastern Conference for the 1997 NHL All-Star Game...
Named NHL Player of the Month for
October of 1996 after compiling a 6-0-3 record, 1.41 GAA and .950 save
percentage...
Tied his career high for longest undefeated
streak at nine games (6-0-3; second time) from Oct. 5 through Oct. 29,
1996...
Named NHL Player of the Week for the
period ending Oct. 13, 1996 after going 3-0-1 with a 0.98 GAA and a .966
save percentage...
1995-96: Finished third in voting
for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP...
Started all 22 of the Panthers’ playoff
games, posting a 12-10 record, 2.25 GAA and .932 save percentage as Florida
advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals...
Tied his career high for longest winning
streak at six games from Nov. 2 through 14, 1995 (third time)...
1994-95: Played his 500th NHL game
on March 28, 1995 vs. Dallas...
1993-94: Finished third in voting
for the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP and second in the voting for the
Vezina Trophy as top goaltender after registering a 21-25-11 record and
2.53 GAA for the first-year Florida Panthers...
His .924 save percentage was second
in the NHL for the 1993-94 season...
Named NHL Player of the Week for period
ending March 21, 1994...
Faced a career high 54 shots on January
3, 1994, allowing three goals in 3-2 loss at NY Rangers...
Recorded his 17th career shutout on
Oct. 9, 1993 at Tampa Bay, the Panthers’ first-ever victory...
1991-92: Established a then career
high for longest undefeated streak at nine games (8-0-1) from Feb. 21 through
April 16, 1992...
1990-91: Was named NHL Player of the
Month for October of 1990 after posting a 6-1-0 record with two shutouts...
1985-86: Posted a career high for
wins (31) with the Rangers during the 1985-86 season...
1984-85: Recorded his first NHL shutout
vs. Vancouver on Jan. 2, 1985...
1983-84: Was named to the Central
Hockey League First All-Star Team following the 1983-84 season...
Shared the Terry Sawchuk Trophy as
the CHL’s Leading Goaltender (with Ron Scott) and the Tommy Ivan Trophy
as the CHL’s Most Valuable Player (with Bruce Affleck) for the 1983-84
season...
1981-82: Was just 18 years old when
he made his NHL debut at Colorado on Dec. 5, 1981, recording a 2-1 win...
Amateur Career: Played three seasons
for Sault Ste. Marie of the Ontario Hockey League (1980-81 through 1982-83)...
Named to the OHL Second All-Star Team
following the 1982-83 season...
International Career:
Played for Team USA at the 1998 Winter
Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan...
Missed the 1996 World Cup of Hockey
Tournament due to off-season shoulder surgery...
Was a member of Team USA for the 1991
Canada Cup and World Championship Tournaments...
Sustained a fractured jaw as a member
of Team USA during the 1989 World Championship Tournament in Stockholm,
Sweden...
Tended goal for Team USA at the 1987
Canada Cup and World Championship Tournaments...
Played for Team USA at the 1985 World
Championship Tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and was named to the
Second All-Tournament Team...
Was a member of Team USA for the 1984
Canada Cup Tournament...
Played for Team USA in the 1982 and
1983 World Junior Championship Tournament...
NHL Milestones:
Signed from Florida as a free agent
by the Flyers on July 16, 1998...
Has appeared in three NHL All-Star
Games (1994 - winning goaltender, 1996, 1997 - won goaltender portion of
skills competition)...
Was named to the NHL Second All-Star
Team following the 1993-94 season...
Was claimed from Vancouver by Florida
in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft (first overall pick)...
Traded by NY Rangers to Vancouver
in exchange for future considerations (Doug Lidster) on June 20, 1993...
Won the Vezina Trophy and was named
to the NHL First All-Star Team after tying for the League lead in wins
with 31 during the 1985-86 season...
Was drafted from Sault Ste. Marie
of the Ontario Hockey Association by the NY Rangers in the fourth round
(72nd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft...
Team Milestones:
Holds the Panthers records for most
career games by a goaltender (268), most career wins (106) and most career
shutouts (13)...
His 200 wins rank fourth and his 449
games rank third on the Rangers’ All-Time Lists entering this season...
Holds the NY Rangers record for most
career assists by a goaltender (22)...
Shares the NY Rangers record for most
assists in a single season by a goaltender with five in 1984-85 and 1987-88
(Mike Richter)...
Shares the NY Rangers record for most
assists in a game by a goaltender with two at Winnipeg on Jan. 8, 1985.
| CAREER RECORD | REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | MINS | GA | SO | AVG | W | L | T | GP | MINS | GA | SO | AVG | W | L |
| 1980-81 | S.S. Marie(a) | OHA | 56 | 2941 | 203 | 0 | 4.14 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 457 | 24 | 1 | 3.15 | 3 | 3 |
| 1981-82 | S.S. Marie | OHL | 31 | 1686 | 102 | 0 | 3.62 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 276 | 20 | 0 | 4.35 | 1 | 4 |
| NY Rangers | NHL | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1982-83 | S.S. Marie | OHL | 62 | 3471 | 209 | 0 | 3.61 | 39 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 944 | 56 | 1 | 3.56 | 7 | 6 |
| 1983-84 | Tulsa | CHL | 37 | 2153 | 124 | 3 | 3.46 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 240 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 4 | 0 |
| NY Rangers | NHL | 3 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984-85 | NY Rangers | NHL | 42 | 2358 | 166 | 1 | 4.22 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985-86 | NY Rangers | NHL | 61 | 3326 | 184 | 3 | 3.32 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 899 | 49 | 1 | 3.27 | 8 | 8 |
| 1986-87 | NY Rangers | NHL | 50 | 2656 | 161 | 0 | 3.64 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 195 | 11 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | 3 |
| 1987-88 | NY Rangers | NHL | 56 | 3319 | 187 | 2 | 3.38 | 27 | 22 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988-89 | NY Rangers | NHL | 56 | 3207 | 197 | 0 | 3.69 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 3.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989-90 | NY Rangers | NHL | 47 | 2734 | 154 | 1 | 3.38 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 298 | 15 | 0 | 3.02 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990-91 | NY Rangers | NHL | 40 | 2257 | 126 | 3 | 3.35 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991-92 | NY Rangers | NHL | 45 | 2526 | 120 | 2 | 2.85 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 368 | 23 | 0 | 3.75 | 2 | 5 |
| 1992-93 | NY Rangers(b, c) | NHL | 48 | 2757 | 152 | 4 | 3.31 | 20 | 18 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993-94 | Florida | NHL | 57 | 3440 | 145 | 1 | 2.53 | 21 | 25 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994-95 | Florida | NHL | 37 | 2087 | 86 | 4 | 2.4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995-96 | Florida | NHL | 57 | 3178 | 142 | 2 | 2.68 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 1332 | 50 | 1 | 2.25 | 12 | 10 |
| 1996-97 | Florida | NHL | 57 | 3347 | 128 | 2 | 2.29 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 328 | 13 | 1 | 2.38 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997-98 | Florida (d) | NHL | 60 | 3451 | 165 | 4 | 2.87 | 18 | 29 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998-99 | FLYERS | NHL | 62 | 3712 | 135 | 6 | 2.18 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 369 | 9 | 1 | 1.46 | 2 | 4 |
| NHL TOTALS | 779 | 44595 | 2259 | 29 | 3.04 | 333 | 303 | 105 | 71 | 3969 | 177 | 5 | 2.67 | 28 | 38 | ||
| FLYERS TOTALS | 62 | 3712 | 135 | 6 | 2.18 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 369 | 9 | 1 | 1.46 | 2 | 4 | ||
(b) Traded by NY Rangers to Vancouver in exchange for future considerations (Doug Lidster), June 20, 1993
(c) Claimed from Vancouver by Florida in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft.
(d) Signed from Florida as a free agent by the Flyers, July 7, 1998.