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Johnny Bower

#1 · Goalie · Toronto Maple Leafs · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Nov 8, 1924 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'11", 189 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1966-67, 1963-64, 1962-63, 1961-62
×2 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1964-65, 1960-61

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1958-59. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Chadwick TOR · 31 GP, 0.905 Don Simmons BOS · 58 GP, 0.897 Gump Worsley NYR · 67 GP, 0.907 Jacques Plante MTL · 67 GP, 0.925 Terry Sawchuk DET · 67 GP, 0.896

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601953-54: 70 games7053-541954-55: 5 games51956-57: 2 games256-571958-59: 39 games391959-60: 66 games6659-601960-61: 58 games581961-62: 59 games5961-621962-63: 42 games421963-64: 51 games5163-641964-65: 34 games341965-66: 35 games3565-661966-67: 27 games271967-68: 43 games4367-681968-69: 20 games201969-70: 1 games169-70

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1953-54 NYR 70 29311005 0 0 178 2.54 0.000
1954-55 NYR 5 22100 0 0 13 2.60 0.000
1956-57 NYR 2 02000 51 45 6 3.01 0.882
1958-59 TOR 39 1517703 1234 1128 106 2.72 0.914
1959-60 TOR 66 3424805 2184 2007 177 2.69 0.919
1960-61 TOR 58 33151002 1870 1725 145 2.50 0.922
1961-62 TOR 59 31181002 1826 1675 151 2.56 0.917
1962-63 TOR 42 2015701 1239 1130 109 2.60 0.912
1963-64 TOR 51 24151105 1557 1451 106 2.11 0.932
1964-65 TOR 34 1413703 1067 986 81 2.38 0.924
1965-66 TOR 35 1810503 1072 997 75 2.26 0.930
1966-67 TOR 27 118302 839 776 63 2.65 0.925
1967-68 TOR 43 1317804 1275 1191 84 2.26 0.934
1968-69 TOR 20 64302 406 369 37 2.86 0.909
1969-70 TOR 1 01000 38 33 5 5.00 0.868
15 seasons Career 552 25019290037 14658 13513 1336 2.51 0.922

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1958-59 TOR 12 5700 368 330 38 3.05 0.897
1959-60 TOR 10 4600 369 338 31 2.88 0.916
1960-61 TOR 3 0300 103 95 8 2.67 0.922
1961-62 TOR 10 6300 306 286 20 2.07 0.935
1962-63 TOR 10 8202 315 299 16 1.60 0.949
1963-64 TOR 14 8602 461 431 30 2.12 0.935
1964-65 TOR 5 2300 150 137 13 2.43 0.913
1965-66 TOR 2 0200 75 67 8 4.03 0.893
1966-67 TOR 4 2001 115 110 5 1.63 0.957
1968-69 TOR 4 0200 98 87 11 4.33 0.888
10 seasons Playoffs 74 353405 2360 2180 180 2.47 0.924

1958-59 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
39 39 1517703 1234 1128 106 2.72 0.914

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 22, 1959 @ DET W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 21, 1959 vs CHI W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 19, 1959 @ MTL W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 15, 1959 @ NYR W 6-5 W 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Mar 14, 1959 vs NYR W 5-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 8, 1959 @ BOS L 3-4 L 43 39 4 0.907 60:00
Mar 7, 1959 vs BOS W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 5, 1959 @ MTL L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 4, 1959 vs CHI W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 1, 1959 @ NYR T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 1, 1959 @ BOS L 4-6 L 39 34 5 0.872 59:05
Jan 10, 1959 vs BOS W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 8, 1959 @ MTL L 0-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Jan 7, 1959 vs DET W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 21, 1958 @ NYR L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Dec 20, 1958 vs BOS T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 18, 1958 @ MTL L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 14, 1958 @ BOS L 3-6 L 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Dec 13, 1958 vs NYR T 4-4 T 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Dec 10, 1958 @ CHI T 2-2 T 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Dec 7, 1958 @ NYR W 2-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 6, 1958 vs BOS W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 4, 1958 @ MTL T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 30, 1958 @ BOS W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 29, 1958 vs CHI L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 27, 1958 @ DET L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 26, 1958 vs DET L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 23, 1958 @ CHI T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 22, 1958 vs NYR T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 19, 1958 @ NYR L 4-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Nov 2, 1958 @ BOS L 0-2 L 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Nov 1, 1958 vs NYR W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 26, 1958 @ NYR L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Oct 25, 1958 vs DET W 3-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1958 @ DET L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Oct 18, 1958 vs BOS W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 16, 1958 @ MTL L 3-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Oct 12, 1958 @ CHI L 2-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 60:00
Oct 11, 1958 vs CHI L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00