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Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina (/ ˈ v ɛ z ɪ n ə /; French: [ʒɔʁʒ vezina]; January 21, 1887 – March 27, 1926) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and nine in the National Hockey League (NHL), all with the Montreal Canadiens. After being signed by the ...
The Vezina continued to be awarded to the goaltender who started the most games for the team that allowed the fewest goals, but the Vezina winners of 1954–55, 1960–61, 1962–63 and 1963–64 did not have the lowest GAAs. The National Hockey League began allowing teammates to split the Vezina Trophy following the 1964–65 NHL season.
Vézina is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antoine Vézina (21st century), Canadian actor; Frédérique Vézina (born c. 1977), Canadian singer; Georges Vézina (1887–1926), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
With Sawchuk sharing goaltending duties with the forty-year-old Johnny Bower, the veteran duo won the 1964–65 Vezina Trophy and led Toronto to the 1967 Stanley Cup. In Sawchuk's last game with the Maple Leafs, he stopped 40 of 41 shots in 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in the Cup clinching game 6.
The following is a list of articles of ice hockey goalies who have won the Vezina Trophy in the NHL. The trophy is given annually to the goalie who is voted to be the best during the regular season in the NHL. Until the 1981-82 NHL season, the trophy was given to the goalie(s) whose team allowed the fewest goals against.
Parent and Hextall account for two of the three Flyers goaltenders to win the Vezina Trophy, Parent in 1973–74 and 1974–75, Pelle Lindbergh in 1984–85, and Hextall in 1986–87. Twenty-one people – fourteen players and seven builders – who spent time with the Flyers have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .
Glenn Henry Hall (born October 3, 1931) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.During his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues, Hall seldom missed a game and was a consistent performer, winning the Vezina Trophy, which at the time was awarded to the goaltender on the team allowing the fewest goals against (a ...
Vézina, born in 1849, was the son of François Vézina, a house painter and amateur musician who taught his son to play the piano. [1] As a youngster, Vézina briefly studied under Calixa Lavallée but, for the most part, he was a self-taught musician.