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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Hextall PHI · 62 GP, 0.885 Mike Liut HFD · 60 GP, 0.884 Daniel Berthiaume WIN · 56 GP, 0.882 John Vanbiesbrouck NYR · 56 GP, 0.890 Ken Wregget TOR · 56 GP, 0.870

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

1987-88 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 60 3916701 1707 1497 210 3.54 0.877

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs MNS W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Apr 1, 1988 vs LAK L 3-6 L 13 9 4 0.692 36:18
Mar 28, 1988 vs STL W 7-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Mar 26, 1988 vs VAN W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 24, 1988 vs TOR W 7-1 W 14 13 1 0.929 60:00
Mar 21, 1988 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) T 31 28 3 0.903 64:57
Mar 19, 1988 @ QUE W 5-4 (OT) W 27 23 4 0.852 62:43
Mar 17, 1988 @ BOS W 7-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 12, 1988 vs BUF W 10-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 9, 1988 @ WIN T 6-6 (OT) T 36 30 6 0.833 65:00
Mar 7, 1988 vs PIT L 4-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:05
Mar 5, 1988 vs EDM W 7-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 3, 1988 vs PHI W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 28, 1988 @ EDM W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Feb 20, 1988 @ STL W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 17, 1988 @ NYR L 3-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Feb 16, 1988 @ NYI L 3-9 L 18 14 4 0.778 20:00
Feb 12, 1988 @ PHI W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 7, 1988 @ LAK W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 5, 1988 @ DET L 1-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Feb 3, 1988 @ WIN L 0-9 L 10 6 4 0.600 20:00
Feb 1, 1988 vs NJD L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:03
Jan 30, 1988 vs VAN W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 29, 1988 @ EDM W 5-4 19 17 2 0.895 40:00
Jan 27, 1988 vs HFD W 5-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Jan 25, 1988 @ TOR W 11-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Jan 23, 1988 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) T 25 21 4 0.840 65:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) L 3 2 1 0.667 24:09
Jan 19, 1988 vs VAN W 7-5 W 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Jan 15, 1988 @ VAN T 4-4 (OT) T 36 32 4 0.889 65:00
Jan 13, 1988 @ EDM L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Jan 8, 1988 vs NYI W 7-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 6, 1988 vs WIN W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ STL L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 58:43
Dec 31, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs MTL W 9-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 26, 1987 vs EDM L 4-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:18
Dec 22, 1987 vs HFD W 6-5 (OT) W 37 32 5 0.865 64:10
Dec 19, 1987 @ LAK W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 16, 1987 vs WIN W 5-4 W 9 8 1 0.889 31:23
Dec 13, 1987 @ BUF W 7-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 11, 1987 @ NJD W 5-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 9, 1987 @ PIT L 2-5 4 3 1 0.750 14:16
Dec 8, 1987 @ WSH W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Dec 5, 1987 vs MNS T 4-4 (OT) T 28 24 4 0.857 65:00
Dec 3, 1987 vs TOR W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Nov 30, 1987 vs CHI W 4-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 25, 1987 @ VAN W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 19, 1987 vs QUE W 9-1 W 8 7 1 0.875 21:39
Nov 15, 1987 vs VAN W 8-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Nov 13, 1987 vs LAK W 10-7 W 44 37 7 0.841 60:00
Nov 11, 1987 @ MNS W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 8, 1987 vs BUF L 3-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 25:15
Nov 5, 1987 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) T 36 32 4 0.889 64:33
Oct 30, 1987 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) T 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Oct 26, 1987 @ MTL W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ QUE W 7-5 W 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Oct 21, 1987 @ NYR W 5-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Oct 20, 1987 @ NYI L 4-5 L 23 20 3 0.870 49:21
Oct 18, 1987 vs BOS L 5-6 (OT) L 39 33 6 0.846 62:27
Oct 16, 1987 vs EDM L 2-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 59:04
Oct 14, 1987 @ EDM W 5-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Oct 10, 1987 vs WIN L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Oct 8, 1987 vs DET W 5-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00