Tag Archives: goaltender

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll has taken a leave of absence to attend to a personal family matter, the club announced Tuesday. CBC | Sports News

Eddie Giacomin, a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie and one of the faces of the New York Rangers’ franchise in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 86. CBC | Sports News

Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada’s generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. CBC | Sports News

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player Thursday. He also captured the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top netminder for a third time. CBC | Sports News

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll will get the start in Game 2 of Toronto’s second-round playoff series with Florida on Wednesday. The 26-year-old replaced Anthony Stolarz midway through Monday’s opener after Stolarz took an elbow from Panthers centre Sam Bennett. CBC | Sports News

Former NHL goaltender and hockey broadcaster Greg Millen has died at 67. He spent 14 years in the NHL from 1978-92, playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, Chicago and the Detroit Red Wings. CBC | Sports News

Former NHL star goaltender Ed Belfour of Carman, Man., has been arrested for criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place after an incident in a hotel early Tuesday morning in Bowling Green, Ky. CBC | Sports News