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Rogie Vachon

#1 · Goalie · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Sep 8, 1945 in Palmarolle, Quebec, CAN · 5'8", 160 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1970-71, 1968-69, 1967-68
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1967-68

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Edwards BUF · 72 GP, 0.906 Tony Esposito CHI · 64 GP, 0.914 Mike Palmateer TOR · 63 GP, 0.911 Denis Herron PIT · 60 GP, 0.901 Dan Bouchard AFM · 58 GP, 0.893

Career

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

02040601966-67: 19 games1966-671967-68: 39 games391968-69: 36 games3668-691969-70: 64 games641970-71: 47 games4770-711971-72: 29 games291972-73: 53 games5372-731973-74: 65 games651974-75: 54 games5474-751975-76: 51 games511976-77: 68 games6876-771977-78: 70 games701978-79: 50 games5078-791979-80: 59 games591980-81: 53 games5380-811981-82: 38 games38

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1966-67 MTL 19 113501 556 509 47 2.48 0.915
1967-68 MTL 39 2115204 1059 967 92 2.48 0.913
1968-69 MTL 36 229302 1001 903 98 2.87 0.902
1969-70 MTL 64 31181204 1959 1797 162 2.64 0.917
1970-71 MTL 47 2312902 1370 1252 118 2.65 0.914
1971-72 MTL 1 01000 17 13 4 12.00 0.765
1971-72 LAK 28 618300 937 830 107 4.05 0.886
1972-73 LAK 53 22201004 1476 1328 148 2.85 0.900
1973-74 LAK 65 28261005 1809 1634 175 2.81 0.903
1974-75 LAK 54 27141306 1656 1535 121 2.24 0.927
1975-76 LAK 51 2620505 1474 1314 160 3.15 0.891
1976-77 LAK 68 33231208 1896 1712 184 2.73 0.903
1977-78 LAK 70 29271304 1810 1614 196 2.87 0.892
1978-79 DET 50 10271100 1378 1189 189 3.91 0.863
1979-80 DET 59 2030804 1642 1433 209 3.62 0.873
1980-81 BOS 53 2519601 1218 1050 168 3.34 0.862
1981-82 BOS 38 1911601 934 802 132 3.66 0.859
16 seasons Career 795 353293128051 22192 19882 2310 3.00 0.896

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 MTL 9 6300 296 274 22 2.38 0.926
1967-68 MTL 2 1100 57 53 4 2.12 0.930
1968-69 MTL 8 7101 257 245 12 1.42 0.953
1973-74 LAK 4 0400 96 89 7 1.77 0.927
1974-75 LAK 3 1200 99 92 7 2.12 0.929
1975-76 LAK 7 4301 193 176 17 2.33 0.912
1976-77 LAK 9 4500 272 236 36 4.17 0.868
1977-78 LAK 2 0200 51 40 11 5.50 0.784
1980-81 BOS 3 0200 104 88 16 5.88 0.846
1981-82 BOS 1 0000 3 2 1 3.00 0.667
10 seasons Playoffs 48 232302 1428 1295 133 2.78 0.907

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
70 69 29271304 1810 1614 196 2.87 0.892

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1978 vs VAN W 5-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Apr 7, 1978 @ VAN T 5-5 T 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Apr 5, 1978 vs STL L 2-3 L 15 12 3 0.800 59:21
Apr 1, 1978 vs PHI L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:16
Mar 30, 1978 @ DET W 4-0 W, SO 13 13 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 29, 1978 @ CHI L 1-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Mar 27, 1978 @ TOR L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 24, 1978 @ CLE W 4-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 23, 1978 @ MNS W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 21, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 L 27 22 5 0.815 40:00
Mar 18, 1978 vs MTL L 3-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Mar 16, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 14, 1978 vs PIT W 4-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Mar 11, 1978 @ MTL L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:01
Mar 8, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 4, 1978 vs CHI L 3-6 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:47
Mar 2, 1978 vs CLR W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 28, 1978 vs CLE W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs BOS L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 58:56
Feb 22, 1978 @ MNS L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Feb 21, 1978 @ WSH W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 19, 1978 @ DET L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Feb 18, 1978 @ PIT T 1-1 T 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 16, 1978 @ BUF L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Feb 14, 1978 @ NYI L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:15
Feb 11, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 9, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:25
Feb 7, 1978 vs DET L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:56
Feb 4, 1978 vs MTL T 5-5 T 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs WSH W 8-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 59:51
Jan 29, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 28, 1978 @ MTL L 3-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs STL W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 18, 1978 vs NYR L 0-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ AFM W 8-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Jan 12, 1978 @ BOS L 1-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Jan 11, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Jan 8, 1978 @ DET L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:11
Jan 7, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 5, 1978 @ PHI T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 1, 1978 vs CLR W 5-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Dec 29, 1977 @ CLR T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 28, 1977 vs NYI L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:23
Dec 22, 1977 @ CHI W 4-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 21, 1977 vs MNS W 8-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 19, 1977 vs VAN W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Dec 15, 1977 vs BUF L 3-7 L 30 23 7 0.767 60:00
Dec 10, 1977 vs TOR L 0-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Dec 8, 1977 @ PIT W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 6, 1977 @ STL W 6-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 3, 1977 vs AFM W 4-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Dec 1, 1977 vs PHI L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:21
Nov 29, 1977 vs WSH W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 27, 1977 @ PHI L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ AFM T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 59:36
Nov 24, 1977 vs PIT W 5-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Nov 23, 1977 vs CHI W 8-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Nov 19, 1977 vs MTL L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:39
Nov 16, 1977 vs CLE T 1-1 T 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Nov 10, 1977 @ BOS L 2-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Nov 8, 1977 @ WSH W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs NYR W 3-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 3, 1977 vs TOR W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Nov 1, 1977 @ STL L 2-7 13 11 2 0.846 20:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ CLE L 1-3 L 14 12 2 0.857 27:06
Oct 18, 1977 @ NYI T 0-0 T, SO 41 41 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs DET W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs CLE W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00