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Ed Giacomin

#31 · Goalie · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jun 6, 1939 in Sudbury, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 180 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1970-71

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gary Edwards LAK · 44 GP, 0.898 Al Smith DET · 43 GP, 0.892 Cesare Maniago MNS · 43 GP, 0.920 Bernie Parent TOR · 47 GP, 0.915 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 41 GP, 0.920

Career

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

02040601965-66: 36 games3665-661966-67: 68 games6866-671967-68: 66 games6667-681968-69: 70 games7068-691969-70: 70 games7069-701970-71: 45 games4570-711971-72: 44 games4471-721972-73: 43 games4372-731973-74: 55 games5573-741974-75: 37 games3774-751975-76: 33 games3375-761976-77: 33 games3376-771977-78: 9 games977-78

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1965-66 NYR 36 820600 1093 968 125 3.69 0.886
1966-67 NYR 68 30271109 2089 1916 173 2.61 0.917
1967-68 NYR 66 36201008 1877 1717 160 2.44 0.915
1968-69 NYR 70 3823707 1970 1795 175 2.56 0.911
1969-70 NYR 70 35211406 1941 1778 163 2.36 0.916
1970-71 NYR 45 2710708 1215 1120 95 2.16 0.922
1971-72 NYR 44 2410901 1166 1051 115 2.71 0.901
1972-73 NYR 43 2611604 1228 1103 125 2.91 0.898
1973-74 NYR 55 29151005 1507 1343 164 3.06 0.891
1974-75 NYR 37 1312801 922 802 120 3.49 0.870
1975-76 NYR 4 03100 98 79 19 4.75 0.806
1975-76 DET 29 1214302 909 809 100 3.46 0.890
1976-77 DET 33 818303 833 726 107 3.59 0.872
1977-78 DET 9 35100 252 225 27 3.14 0.893
13 seasons Career 609 28920996054 17100 15432 1668 2.82 0.902

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1966-67 NYR 4 0400 134 120 14 3.43 0.896
1967-68 NYR 6 2400 202 184 18 3.02 0.911
1968-69 NYR 3 0300 68 58 10 3.35 0.853
1969-70 NYR 5 2300 134 115 19 4.15 0.858
1970-71 NYR 12 7500 320 292 28 2.22 0.913
1971-72 NYR 10 6400 276 249 27 2.72 0.902
1972-73 NYR 10 5401 238 215 23 2.57 0.903
1973-74 NYR 13 7600 351 314 37 2.83 0.895
1974-75 NYR 2 0200 30 26 4 2.82 0.867
9 seasons Playoffs 65 293501 1753 1573 180 2.83 0.897

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
44 44 2410901 1166 1051 115 2.71 0.901

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1972 vs MTL L 5-6 13 9 4 0.692 30:55
Mar 29, 1972 vs DET T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 26, 1972 vs MNS L 0-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 40:00
Mar 23, 1972 @ BOS L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:54
Mar 19, 1972 vs TOR W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 18, 1972 @ PHI W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 16, 1972 @ DET W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 15, 1972 @ CHI L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 58:57
Mar 11, 1972 @ DET W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 8, 1972 vs CHI T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 2, 1972 @ BUF W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 27, 1972 vs STL W 2-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 22, 1972 @ MTL W 7-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 20, 1972 vs DET W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 18, 1972 @ CGS T 2-2 T 13 11 2 0.846 60:00
Feb 15, 1972 @ VAN W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ PIT W 8-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 9, 1972 vs CHI W 4-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Feb 5, 1972 @ STL L 5-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Feb 2, 1972 vs BOS L 0-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 30, 1972 vs MNS T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 26, 1972 vs BUF W 5-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Jan 15, 1972 @ TOR L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 12, 1972 @ CHI T 5-5 T 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Jan 5, 1972 vs STL W 9-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Dec 29, 1971 vs PHI W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 25, 1971 @ MNS W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 vs MNS T 1-1 T 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Dec 16, 1971 @ BOS L 1-8 L 12 8 4 0.667 20:00
Dec 12, 1971 vs PIT W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 8, 1971 @ CHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 4, 1971 @ PIT L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:47
Nov 28, 1971 @ PHI W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 24, 1971 vs STL W 8-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 20, 1971 @ MNS L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 13, 1971 vs BUF W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 6, 1971 @ VAN W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Oct 31, 1971 vs TOR T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 27, 1971 vs DET W 7-4 W 17 13 4 0.765 60:00
Oct 23, 1971 @ STL W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 17, 1971 vs MTL W 8-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 13, 1971 vs BOS L 1-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ BOS W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Oct 9, 1971 @ MTL T 4-4 T 20 16 4 0.800 60:00