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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Bouchard AFM · 34 GP, 0.907 Billy Smith NYI · 37 GP, 0.878 Dave Dryden BUF · 37 GP, 0.908 Jacques Caron STL · 30 GP, 0.886 Jacques Plante BOS · 40 GP, 0.911

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 34 2012203 859 781 78 2.30 0.909

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1973 vs BOS L 3-6 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Mar 25, 1973 vs MNS L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:48
Mar 24, 1973 @ BOS L 0-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Mar 22, 1973 @ AFM W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 20, 1973 @ MNS W 6-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Mar 18, 1973 vs STL W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 4, 1973 vs VAN L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:22
Mar 3, 1973 @ DET W 6-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Feb 23, 1973 @ CGS L 3-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:00
Feb 18, 1973 vs NYI W 3-2 W 13 11 2 0.846 60:00
Feb 14, 1973 @ MTL L 3-6 L 21 15 6 0.714 60:00
Feb 10, 1973 @ NYI W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 4, 1973 vs AFM W 6-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 1973 vs CGS W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Jan 28, 1973 vs TOR W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Jan 19, 1973 @ CGS W 6-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 27, 1972 vs BUF L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 21, 1972 vs AFM L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 17, 1972 vs PIT W 9-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 14, 1972 @ BOS L 2-4 L 55 51 4 0.927 60:00
Dec 6, 1972 vs BUF L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:04
Dec 1, 1972 @ CGS T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Nov 28, 1972 @ VAN L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:27
Nov 26, 1972 vs TOR W 7-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 21, 1972 @ AFM W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 18, 1972 @ STL W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 4, 1972 @ PIT L 4-6 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:24
Nov 1, 1972 @ CHI W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Oct 29, 1972 vs CHI W 7-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Oct 25, 1972 vs PHI W 6-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Oct 22, 1972 vs MTL T 1-1 T 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 21, 1972 @ NYI W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 18, 1972 vs BOS W 7-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Oct 15, 1972 vs MNS W 6-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00