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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 1965-66. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Giacomin NYR · 36 GP, 0.886 Eddie Johnston BOS · 33 GP, 0.895 Bernie Parent BOS · 39 GP, 0.898 Cesare Maniago NYR · 28 GP, 0.894 Terry Sawchuk TOR · 27 GP, 0.903

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

1965-66 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
35 34 1810503 1072 997 75 2.26 0.930

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1966 @ DET T 3-3 10 10 0 1.000 20:00
Mar 31, 1966 @ BOS L 1-3 L 20 19 1 0.950 32:50
Mar 30, 1966 vs MTL L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 27, 1966 @ NYR W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 26, 1966 vs DET W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 24, 1966 @ MTL W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 20, 1966 @ DET L 1-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Mar 19, 1966 vs CHI W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 16, 1966 vs MTL L 2-7 11 10 1 0.909 24:42
Feb 27, 1966 @ NYR T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 26, 1966 vs BOS W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Jan 23, 1966 @ BOS L 1-2 L 38 36 2 0.947 58:27
Jan 22, 1966 vs CHI W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 19, 1966 vs NYR W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 16, 1966 @ DET L 0-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 15, 1966 vs BOS W 6-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 13, 1966 @ MTL W 6-0 W, SO 40 40 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 2, 1966 @ DET L 0-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 1, 1966 vs BOS W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 19, 1965 @ BOS W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 18, 1965 vs NYR W 8-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Dec 16, 1965 @ MTL W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 15, 1965 vs DET W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 12, 1965 @ NYR T 1-1 T 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 11, 1965 vs BOS W 8-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 4, 1965 vs DET L 3-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:12
Dec 1, 1965 @ NYR T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 28, 1965 @ NYR W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 18, 1965 @ MTL W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 14, 1965 @ BOS L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 13, 1965 vs NYR W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 10, 1965 vs MTL T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 6, 1965 vs NYR L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 3, 1965 @ NYR T 2-2 T 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 23, 1965 vs CHI L 0-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00