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Terry Sawchuk

#30 · Goalie · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 5'11", 195 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1966-67, 1954-55, 1953-54, 1951-52
×4 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1964-65, 1954-55, 1952-53, 1951-52
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1970-71
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1950-51

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1956-57. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Simmons BOS · 26 GP, 0.915 Norm Defelice BOS · 10 GP, 0.894 Gerry McNeil MTL · 9 GP, 0.877 Jacques Plante MTL · 61 GP, 0.920 Johnny Bower NYR · 2 GP, 0.882

Career

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

02040601949-50: 7 games749-501950-51: 70 games701951-52: 70 games7051-521952-53: 63 games631953-54: 67 games6753-541954-55: 68 games681955-56: 68 games6855-561956-57: 34 games341957-58: 70 games7057-581958-59: 67 games671959-60: 58 games5859-601960-61: 37 games371961-62: 43 games4361-621962-63: 48 games481963-64: 53 games5363-641964-65: 36 games361965-66: 27 games2765-661966-67: 28 games281967-68: 36 games3667-681968-69: 13 games131969-70: 8 games869-70

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1949-50 DET 7 43001 0 0 16 2.29 0.000
1950-51 DET 70 441313011 0 0 138 1.97 0.000
1951-52 DET 70 441412012 0 0 133 1.90 0.000
1952-53 DET 63 32151609 0 0 119 1.89 0.000
1953-54 DET 67 351913012 0 0 129 1.93 0.000
1954-55 DET 68 401711012 0 0 132 1.96 0.000
1955-56 BOS 68 22331309 2098 1921 177 2.60 0.916
1956-57 BOS 34 1810602 1015 934 81 2.38 0.920
1957-58 DET 70 29291203 2172 1966 206 2.94 0.905
1958-59 DET 67 2336805 1981 1774 207 3.09 0.896
1959-60 DET 58 24201405 1684 1530 154 2.66 0.909
1960-61 DET 37 1117802 1087 975 112 3.13 0.897
1961-62 DET 43 1421805 1257 1116 141 3.28 0.888
1962-63 DET 48 2116703 1328 1211 117 2.54 0.912
1963-64 DET 53 2520705 1652 1514 138 2.64 0.916
1964-65 TOR 36 1613701 1082 990 92 2.56 0.915
1965-66 TOR 27 1011301 829 749 80 3.16 0.903
1966-67 TOR 28 166302 794 728 66 2.81 0.917
1967-68 LAK 36 1017502 912 813 99 3.07 0.891
1968-69 DET 13 45300 318 290 28 2.63 0.912
1969-70 NYR 8 31201 187 167 20 2.91 0.893
21 seasons Career 971 4453361710103 18396 16678 2385 2.50 0.907

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1950-51 DET 6 2401 0 0 13 1.68 0.000
1951-52 DET 8 8004 0 0 5 0.63 0.000
1952-53 DET 6 2401 0 139 21 3.38 0.000
1953-54 DET 12 8402 0 314 20 1.60 0.000
1954-55 DET 11 8301 0 167 26 2.36 0.000
1957-58 DET 4 0400 131 112 19 4.53 0.855
1959-60 DET 6 2400 188 169 19 2.82 0.899
1960-61 DET 8 5301 227 209 18 2.32 0.921
1962-63 DET 11 5600 327 292 35 3.18 0.893
1963-64 DET 13 6501 354 323 31 2.75 0.912
1964-65 TOR 1 0100 39 36 3 3.00 0.923
1965-66 TOR 2 0200 72 66 6 3.00 0.917
1966-67 TOR 10 6400 364 339 25 2.66 0.931
1967-68 LAK 5 2201 139 121 18 3.86 0.871
1969-70 NYR 3 0100 47 41 6 4.51 0.872
15 seasons Playoffs 106 5447012 1888 2328 265 2.53 1.233

1956-57 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 34 1810602 1015 934 81 2.38 0.920

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 13, 1957 vs MTL L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Jan 12, 1957 @ MTL L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 10, 1957 @ DET W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 6, 1957 @ CHI T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 5, 1957 @ TOR L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 1, 1957 vs NYR W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 30, 1956 @ DET W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 27, 1956 vs DET L 3-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Dec 9, 1956 vs MTL T 1-1 T 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 8, 1956 vs DET W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 6, 1956 @ DET L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 2, 1956 vs CHI W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 29, 1956 @ CHI W 2-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 28, 1956 @ NYR L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 25, 1956 vs TOR W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 24, 1956 @ TOR W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Nov 22, 1956 vs NYR L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 18, 1956 vs TOR W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 17, 1956 @ NYR T 4-4 T 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 15, 1956 @ CHI W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 11, 1956 vs MTL W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 10, 1956 @ MTL W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 8, 1956 vs DET W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 7, 1956 @ NYR W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 4, 1956 vs NYR W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 1, 1956 vs CHI W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 30, 1956 @ CHI L 0-4 L 49 45 4 0.918 60:00
Oct 27, 1956 @ MTL W 1-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 21, 1956 @ DET T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Oct 20, 1956 @ TOR T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 17, 1956 @ NYR L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 14, 1956 vs MTL W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 13, 1956 @ MTL L 0-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Oct 11, 1956 vs TOR T 4-4 T 36 32 4 0.889 60:00