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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mario Lessard LAK · 49 GP, 0.892 Gilles Meloche MNS · 53 GP, 0.885 Ken Dryden MTL · 47 GP, 0.909 Don Edwards BUF · 54 GP, 0.899 Denis Herron PIT · 56 GP, 0.892

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
50 49 10271100 1378 1189 189 3.91 0.863

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1979 @ PIT L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:45
Mar 28, 1979 @ LAK L 1-8 L 32 24 8 0.750 60:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs STL L 5-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Feb 25, 1979 vs CLR W 8-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ NYI L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ WSH W 4-3 W 45 42 3 0.933 60:00
Feb 19, 1979 vs TOR L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 59:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs LAK L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs PIT W 8-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ PIT L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:01
Feb 1, 1979 @ MNS L 1-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Jan 30, 1979 vs WSH W 7-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Jan 28, 1979 @ AFM L 2-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Jan 25, 1979 @ LAK T 6-6 T 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs AFM L 3-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ WSH L 1-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 17, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs LAK L 3-7 L 33 26 7 0.788 60:00
Jan 11, 1979 @ PHI T 3-3 T 40 37 3 0.925 59:38
Jan 10, 1979 vs NYI T 5-5 T 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs WSH L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 31, 1978 vs PIT L 4-5 2 2 0 1.000 07:39
Dec 30, 1978 @ PIT L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:11
Dec 27, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Dec 26, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs WSH T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Dec 22, 1978 @ NYR L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:26
Dec 20, 1978 vs VAN W 7-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:46
Dec 17, 1978 vs NYI L 0-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ TOR L 2-4 L 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Dec 14, 1978 @ NYI L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 T 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs NYR W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 6, 1978 vs MTL T 2-2 T 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Dec 1, 1978 @ VAN L 1-2 L 16 14 2 0.875 59:09
Nov 29, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 T 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ STL L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 19, 1978 @ PHI L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:41
Nov 15, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Nov 9, 1978 @ MTL L 3-8 L 36 28 8 0.778 59:54
Nov 8, 1978 vs VAN L 4-6 L 17 11 6 0.647 60:00
Nov 5, 1978 @ WSH T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ PIT L 3-7 15 14 1 0.933 20:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:53
Oct 28, 1978 vs CHI W 7-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:55
Oct 25, 1978 vs CLR W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 T 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 59:54
Oct 15, 1978 @ BUF W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs STL L 4-5 L 14 9 5 0.643 59:27