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Gilles Villemure

#1 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 30, 1940 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, CAN · 5'8", 185 lb · Catches right

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.

Eddie Johnston BOS · 38 GP, 0.899 Jim Rutherford PIT · 40 GP, 0.891 Gump Worsley MNS · 34 GP, 0.933 Jacques Plante TOR · 34 GP, 0.917 Gerry Cheevers BOS · 41 GP, 0.920

Career

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

0102030401963-64: 5 games563-641967-68: 4 games467-681968-69: 4 games468-691970-71: 34 games3470-711971-72: 37 games3771-721972-73: 34 games3472-731973-74: 21 games2173-741974-75: 45 games4574-751975-76: 15 games1575-761976-77: 6 games676-77

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1963-64 NYR 5 02300 179 161 18 3.60 0.899
1967-68 NYR 4 12001 121 113 8 2.40 0.934
1968-69 NYR 4 21100 115 106 9 2.25 0.922
1970-71 NYR 34 228404 966 888 78 2.30 0.919
1971-72 NYR 37 247403 845 771 74 2.09 0.912
1972-73 NYR 34 2012203 859 781 78 2.30 0.909
1973-74 NYR 21 77300 519 457 62 3.53 0.881
1974-75 NYR 45 2214602 1169 1039 130 3.16 0.889
1975-76 CHI 15 27500 405 348 57 4.30 0.859
1976-77 CHI 6 04100 178 150 28 5.41 0.843
10 seasons Career 205 1006429013 5356 4814 542 2.81 0.899

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1968-69 NYR 1 0100 34 30 4 4.07 0.882
1970-71 NYR 2 0100 35 29 6 4.50 0.829
1971-72 NYR 6 4200 173 159 14 2.34 0.919
1972-73 NYR 2 0100 31 29 2 2.00 0.935
1974-75 NYR 2 1000 47 41 6 3.83 0.872
5 seasons Playoffs 13 5500 320 288 32 2.94 0.900

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
37 34 247403 845 771 74 2.09 0.912

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1972 vs MTL L 5-6 L 9 7 2 0.778 29:05
Apr 1, 1972 @ TOR L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:05
Mar 26, 1972 vs MNS L 0-5 0 0 0 0.000 20:00
Mar 25, 1972 @ MTL T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 12, 1972 vs CGS L 3-7 L 24 17 7 0.708 60:00
Mar 5, 1972 vs VAN W 6-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 1, 1972 vs CGS W 4-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Feb 23, 1972 vs PHI W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Feb 17, 1972 @ LAK W 6-4 W 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Feb 13, 1972 vs LAK W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 6, 1972 vs TOR T 2-2 T 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 3, 1972 @ BUF W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 29, 1972 @ MNS L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 22, 1972 @ VAN L 2-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:22
Jan 21, 1972 @ CGS W 5-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 19, 1972 @ LAK W 5-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 13, 1972 @ BUF W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 9, 1972 vs LAK W 8-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 2, 1972 vs BOS L 1-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 60:00
Dec 26, 1971 vs MTL W 5-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 22, 1971 vs PIT W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 18, 1971 @ STL W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 16, 1971 @ BOS L 1-8 16 12 4 0.750 40:00
Dec 15, 1971 vs PHI W 6-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Dec 9, 1971 @ PHI W 5-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 5, 1971 vs VAN W 6-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Dec 1, 1971 vs BUF W 7-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 27, 1971 @ DET L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:00
Nov 21, 1971 vs CGS W 12-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 vs VAN W 6-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Nov 10, 1971 vs LAK W 7-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 5, 1971 @ CGS W 8-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 3, 1971 @ LAK W 7-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 30, 1971 @ PIT T 1-1 T 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 24, 1971 vs PIT T 1-1 T 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Oct 20, 1971 vs CHI W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 16, 1971 @ TOR W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00