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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 1964-65. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacques Plante NYR · 33 GP, 0.902 Terry Sawchuk TOR · 36 GP, 0.915 Denis DeJordy CHI · 30 GP, 0.917 Marcel Paille NYR · 39 GP, 0.893 Glenn Hall CHI · 41 GP, 0.923

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

1964-65 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 34 1413703 1067 986 81 2.38 0.924

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1965 @ DET W 4-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 27, 1965 vs DET L 1-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Mar 24, 1965 vs MTL W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Mar 21, 1965 @ NYR W 10-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 20, 1965 vs NYR W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 28, 1965 @ NYR L 2-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Feb 7, 1965 @ CHI W 2-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 30, 1965 vs BOS W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 24, 1965 @ DET L 1-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Jan 23, 1965 vs NYR T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 20, 1965 vs MTL L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 17, 1965 @ BOS W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 16, 1965 vs DET L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 14, 1965 @ MTL W 5-3 W 43 40 3 0.930 60:00
Jan 13, 1965 vs CHI T 0-0 T, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 10, 1965 @ NYR W 6-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 9, 1965 vs BOS W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Jan 6, 1965 @ CHI W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 3, 1965 @ NYR T 3-3 T 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Jan 1, 1965 @ BOS L 0-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Dec 26, 1964 vs CHI L 3-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Dec 19, 1964 vs NYR W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 17, 1964 @ MTL T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 13, 1964 @ NYR T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 59:01
Dec 3, 1964 @ MTL L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Nov 15, 1964 @ CHI L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 14, 1964 vs BOS L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Nov 7, 1964 vs NYR L 0-1 L 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 1, 1964 @ DET L 2-4 L 51 47 4 0.922 60:00
Oct 28, 1964 vs MTL L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Oct 24, 1964 vs NYR T 1-1 T 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 22, 1964 @ BOS T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 17, 1964 vs BOS W 7-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Oct 15, 1964 @ DET W 5-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00