Blackhawks History
Blackhawks Legend Glenn Hall, “Mr. Goalie”, Dies at 94
Hockey Hall of Famer and Chicago Blackhawks franchise icon Glenn Hall, nicknamed “Mr. Goalie”, passed away in a Stony Plain, Alberta, hospital on Wednesday. He was 94.
Hall spent 10 of his 18 NHL seasons with the Blackhawks (1957-1967), playing in 618 games and helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He ranks second among all goaltenders in franchise history in games played, wins (276), and shutouts (51), trailing only Tony Esposito in each category.
In 906 career games for the Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, and St. Louis Blues, Hall amassed a 407-326-164 record, 2.50 goals-against average, .917 save percentage, and 84 shutouts. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975 and also named among the NHL’s top 100 players of all time in 2017.
Hall won the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year with Detroit in 1956. He was named to the league’s first All-Star Team seven times, including six as a member of the Blackhawks. Three times the winner of the Vezina Trophy (1963, 1967, and 1969), Hall also claimed the Conn Smyth Trophy with the Blues in 1968, despite losing the Stanley Cup Final. He was the first player in NHL history to win the award from the losing squad.
Perhaps the most iconic and revered part of Hall’s career, he holds an NHL record 502 consecutive games started (and finished) as a goaltender. Including the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s 552 games in a row. That’s a record that won’t ever come close to being broken. Most impressively and courageously, he did it all without wearing a goalie mask. Hall didn’t wear one until joining the Blues in 1968.
Here’s NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s statement on Hall’s passing.
Rest in peace, Mr. Goalie.
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