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Mike Vernon

#29 · Goalie · Calgary Flames · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Feb 24, 1963 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN · 5'9", 175 lb · Catches left · Drafted 56th overall in 1981 by CGY (round 3)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1996-97, 1988-89
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1996-97
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 1995-96

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ken Wregget TOR · 56 GP, 0.875 Clint Malarchuk QUE · 54 GP, 0.884 Richard Brodeur VAN · 53 GP, 0.872 Alain Chevrier NJD · 58 GP, 0.873 Mike Liut HFD · 59 GP, 0.885

Career

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

02040601982-83: 2 games282-831983-84: 1 games11985-86: 18 games1885-861986-87: 55 games551987-88: 64 games6487-881988-89: 52 games521989-90: 47 games4789-901990-91: 54 games541991-92: 63 games6391-921992-93: 64 games641993-94: 48 games4893-941994-95: 30 games301995-96: 32 games3295-961996-97: 33 games331997-98: 62 games6297-981998-99: 49 games491999-00: 49 games4999-002000-01: 41 games412001-02: 18 games1801-02

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1982-83 CGY 2 02000 46 35 11 6.60 0.761
1983-84 CGY 1 01000 6 2 4 21.88 0.333
1985-86 CGY 18 93301 417 365 52 3.39 0.875
1986-87 CGY 55 3022101 1562 1380 182 3.62 0.883
1987-88 CGY 64 3916701 1707 1497 210 3.54 0.877
1988-89 CGY 52 376500 1263 1133 130 2.66 0.897
1989-90 CGY 47 2314900 1120 974 146 3.13 0.870
1990-91 CGY 54 3119301 1406 1234 172 3.31 0.878
1991-92 CGY 63 2430900 1853 1636 217 3.58 0.883
1992-93 CGY 64 2926902 1804 1601 203 3.26 0.887
1993-94 CGY 48 2617503 1209 1078 131 2.81 0.892
1994-95 DET 30 196401 710 634 76 2.52 0.893
1995-96 DET 32 217203 723 653 70 2.26 0.903
1996-97 DET 33 1311800 782 703 79 2.43 0.899
1997-98 SJS 62 3022805 1401 1255 146 2.46 0.896
1998-99 SJS 49 16221004 1200 1093 107 2.27 0.911
1999-00 SJS 15 65100 360 328 32 2.49 0.911
1999-00 FLA 34 1813201 1020 937 83 2.47 0.919
2000-01 CGY 41 1223503 1034 913 121 3.23 0.883
2001-02 CGY 18 29101 375 337 38 2.76 0.899
19 seasons Career 782 38527492027 19998 17788 2210 2.98 0.889

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1985-86 CGY 21 12900 581 521 60 2.94 0.897
1986-87 CGY 5 2300 136 120 16 3.67 0.882
1987-88 CGY 9 4400 210 176 34 3.98 0.838
1988-89 CGY 22 16503 549 497 52 2.26 0.905
1989-90 CGY 6 2300 149 130 19 3.33 0.872
1990-91 CGY 7 3400 204 183 21 2.95 0.897
1992-93 CGY 4 1100 81 66 15 6.00 0.815
1993-94 CGY 7 3400 220 197 23 2.96 0.895
1994-95 DET 18 12601 370 329 41 2.31 0.889
1995-96 DET 4 2200 81 70 11 2.71 0.864
1996-97 DET 20 16401 494 458 36 1.76 0.927
1997-98 SJS 6 2401 138 124 14 2.41 0.899
1998-99 SJS 5 2300 172 159 13 2.43 0.924
1999-00 FLA 4 0400 136 124 12 3.04 0.912
14 seasons Playoffs 138 775606 3521 3154 367 2.68 0.896

1986-87 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
55 51 3022101 1562 1380 182 3.62 0.883

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 28, 1987 @ LAK W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ WIN L 1-10 L 12 8 4 0.667 16:04
Mar 19, 1987 vs EDM W 5-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 14, 1987 @ TOR L 4-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 58:40
Mar 10, 1987 @ WSH W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 5, 1987 vs LAK W 7-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 1, 1987 @ WIN L 3-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Feb 26, 1987 vs PHI W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 22, 1987 vs WSH L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Feb 17, 1987 @ PIT W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 14, 1987 @ MNS W 3-2 W 32 31 1 0.969 54:07
Feb 7, 1987 vs NYI W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 5, 1987 vs STL L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 3, 1987 vs VAN L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 31, 1987 vs NJD W 5-3 W 16 14 2 0.875 40:00
Jan 26, 1987 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 14 10 4 0.714 13:56
Jan 24, 1987 @ BOS L 3-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:48
Jan 20, 1987 @ NYI W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs VAN L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 16, 1987 @ VAN L 5-9 L 21 14 7 0.667 18:27
Jan 14, 1987 vs NYR L 5-8 L 25 22 3 0.880 43:12
Jan 11, 1987 @ EDM L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs STL W 5-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 3, 1987 @ STL L 4-7 L 32 26 6 0.813 40:00
Dec 31, 1986 @ DET L 4-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:08
Dec 28, 1986 @ BUF W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 22, 1986 vs LAK L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Dec 20, 1986 @ VAN W 5-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 59:54
Dec 18, 1986 vs QUE W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 16, 1986 vs DET W 8-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Dec 13, 1986 @ LAK W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Dec 10, 1986 @ PIT W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 8, 1986 @ MTL L 3-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:43
Dec 6, 1986 @ QUE W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 2, 1986 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) T 29 26 3 0.897 65:00
Nov 27, 1986 vs WIN L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:32
Nov 24, 1986 vs EDM W 6-5 W 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs NYR W 8-5 W 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Nov 20, 1986 vs PIT L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ VAN L 0-5 L 14 11 3 0.786 40:00
Nov 13, 1986 vs HFD W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs VAN W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 9, 1986 vs MTL W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 7, 1986 vs EDM W 6-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ EDM W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Nov 3, 1986 vs LAK W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs WSH W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 29, 1986 @ WIN L 2-6 26 25 1 0.962 40:00
Oct 28, 1986 @ MNS L 4-7 L 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Oct 26, 1986 vs BOS L 0-6 L 24 18 6 0.750 60:00
Oct 22, 1986 vs EDM W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs QUE L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 12, 1986 @ BUF W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ HFD L 5-6 L 6 5 1 0.833 06:22
Oct 9, 1986 @ BOS W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00