Kelly Hrudey
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Kelly Hrudey is a former NHL
ice hockey
goaltender
and current hockey broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
. During his NHL career, Hrudey played for the New York Islanders
(1983–1989), Los Angeles Kings
(1989
–1996), and San Jose Sharks
(1996–1998).
for three years with the WHL
Medicine Hat Tigers
. He was drafted in the second round (38th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft
by the New York Islanders
. Hrudey first played for the Indianapolis Checkers, New York's minor league
affiliate, and moved to the main club in the 1984–85 season.
He was the Islanders' goaltender in 1987 when they defeated the Washington Capitals
in the longest game in club history, a four-overtime Game 7 thriller known as the "Easter Epic
", which was won on a goal by Pat LaFontaine
after 68:47 of overtime. Hrudey made 73 saves (a playoff record) in a 3–2 Islander victory that ended just before 2am on Easter
morning.
Later in 1987, he was the third string goaltender on Team Canada during the 1987 Canada Cup
, but did not appear in a game.
In 1989, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings
and would play there for eight seasons. His most notable achievement was playing in the 1993 Stanley Cup finals, but the team lost to Patrick Roy
's Montreal Canadiens
. In 1996, he signed with the San Jose Sharks
and played his last two seasons there before retiring in 1998.
Nicknamed 'Hollywood' while playing in LA, Hrudey was also known for wearing a blue bandana underneath his mask throughout his career.
as a studio analyst to supplement their playoff coverage. After retiring, he joined the broadcast team full time as an analyst. He was featured in the "Behind the Mask" segment with hosts Scott Russell
and later Scott Oake
during the first intermission of the second game of Saturday night doubleheaders. He also participated in the "After Hours" show which followed the conclusion of the second game. A recurring segment of the show was "How I Padded My Stats Against Kelly Hrudey," in which the player guest is shown highlights (if applicable) of goals they scored on Hrudey. In 2007, Hrudey helped debut Hockey Night in Canada Radio. The show originating from Toronto with host Jeff Marek is a three hour program dedicated to hockey. The show is broadcast on Sirius XM Channel 122 and 97. Hrudey co-hosts Monday and Wednesday from his home studio in Calgary. For the 2008–09 season
, he began working alongside Ron MacLean
and Mike Milbury
on HNICs primary studio team.
Hrudey also makes a weekly appearance on the TEAM 1040 in Vancouver with Rick Ball. http://www.team1040.ca/shows/canucks_lunch/
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
and current hockey broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
. During his NHL career, Hrudey played for the New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
(1983–1989), Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
(1989
1988-89 NHL season
-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring Leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes, PPG = Powerplay Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goals-Leading goaltenders:...
–1996), and San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
(1996–1998).
Playing career
Hrudey played junior hockeyJunior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
for three years with the WHL
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
Medicine Hat Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers
The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena....
. He was drafted in the second round (38th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft
1980 NHL Entry Draft
The 1980 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum. This was the first time that an NHL arena hosted the draft. The National Hockey League teams selected 210 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1979–80 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the...
by the New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. Hrudey first played for the Indianapolis Checkers, New York's minor league
Minor league
Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...
affiliate, and moved to the main club in the 1984–85 season.
He was the Islanders' goaltender in 1987 when they defeated the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...
in the longest game in club history, a four-overtime Game 7 thriller known as the "Easter Epic
Easter Epic
The Easter Epic is the nickname given to a National Hockey League Stanley Cup Playoff game between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, played April 18–19, 1987, at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. It is so named because the game started on Saturday evening but did not finish...
", which was won on a goal by Pat LaFontaine
Pat LaFontaine
Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former ice hockey center in the National Hockey League who spent his entire career playing for the league's New York-based teams; LaFontaine skated for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York...
after 68:47 of overtime. Hrudey made 73 saves (a playoff record) in a 3–2 Islander victory that ended just before 2am on Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
morning.
Later in 1987, he was the third string goaltender on Team Canada during the 1987 Canada Cup
1987 Canada Cup
The 1987 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team Canada....
, but did not appear in a game.
In 1989, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
and would play there for eight seasons. His most notable achievement was playing in the 1993 Stanley Cup finals, but the team lost to Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy
Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League...
's Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
. In 1996, he signed with the San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
and played his last two seasons there before retiring in 1998.
Nicknamed 'Hollywood' while playing in LA, Hrudey was also known for wearing a blue bandana underneath his mask throughout his career.
Broadcasting career
During the latter years of his playing career, in the event his team missed the post-season, he often joined Hockey Night in CanadaHockey Night in Canada
Hockey Night in Canada is the branding used for CBC Sports' presentations of the National Hockey League...
as a studio analyst to supplement their playoff coverage. After retiring, he joined the broadcast team full time as an analyst. He was featured in the "Behind the Mask" segment with hosts Scott Russell
Scott Russell (commentator)
Scott Alexander Russell MA is a Canadian sports writer and broadcaster. He has worked on various CBC Sports broadcasts including Hockey Night in Canada from 1989 until 2003, and again from 2005 until now...
and later Scott Oake
Scott Oake
Scott Oake is a Gemini Award winning Canadian sportscaster for CBC Sports.-Early life:Oake was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and raised in Sydney's "shipyards" neighborhood until the age of 14, when his family relocated to Newfoundland...
during the first intermission of the second game of Saturday night doubleheaders. He also participated in the "After Hours" show which followed the conclusion of the second game. A recurring segment of the show was "How I Padded My Stats Against Kelly Hrudey," in which the player guest is shown highlights (if applicable) of goals they scored on Hrudey. In 2007, Hrudey helped debut Hockey Night in Canada Radio. The show originating from Toronto with host Jeff Marek is a three hour program dedicated to hockey. The show is broadcast on Sirius XM Channel 122 and 97. Hrudey co-hosts Monday and Wednesday from his home studio in Calgary. For the 2008–09 season
2008–09 NHL season
The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the...
, he began working alongside Ron MacLean
Ron MacLean
Ronald Harold "Ron" MacLean is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC who is best known as the host of Hockey Night in Canada.-Early life and career:...
and Mike Milbury
Mike Milbury
Michael Milbury is an American sportscaster currently working as an ice hockey analyst for the New England Sports Network , Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL on NBC. He played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League , all of them as a defenseman for the Boston Bruins...
on HNICs primary studio team.
Hrudey also makes a weekly appearance on the TEAM 1040 in Vancouver with Rick Ball. http://www.team1040.ca/shows/canucks_lunch/
Education
Hrudey went to Jasper Place High School located in Edmonton, Alberta.Regular season
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | Medicine Hat Tigers Medicine Hat Tigers The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1970, the team has won two national Memorial Cups, five WHL League Championships and seven Division Titles. The Tigers play at the Medicine Hat Arena.... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
57 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 3093 | 318 | 0 | 6.17 | — |
| 1979–80 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 57 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 3049 | 212 | 1 | 4.17 | .899 |
| 1980–81 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 55 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 3023 | 200 | 4 | 3.97 | .895 |
| 1981–82 | Indianapolis Checkers Indianapolis Checkers The Indianapolis Checkers were a minor league professional ice hockey team from Indianapolis, Indiana. The Checkers' home arena was the Pepsi Coliseum. The team originated in the Central Hockey League where they played from 1979 to 1984. The Checkers filled a void left by the departed Indianapolis... |
CHL | 51 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3033 | 149 | 1 | 2.95 | .900 |
| 1982–83 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 47 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 2744 | 139 | 2 | 3.04 | .894 |
| 1983–84 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 370 | 21 | 0 | 3.40 | — |
| 1983–84 | New York Islanders New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 535 | 28 | 0 | 3.14 | .903 |
| 1984–85 | New York Islanders | NHL | 41 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2335 | 141 | 2 | 3.62 | .886 |
| 1985–86 | New York Islanders | NHL | 45 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2563 | 137 | 1 | 3.21 | .906 |
| 1986–87 | New York Islanders | NHL | 46 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 2634 | 145 | 0 | 3.30 | .881 |
| 1987–88 | New York Islanders | NHL | 47 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2751 | 153 | 3 | 3.34 | .896 |
| 1988–89 | New York Islanders | NHL | 50 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 2800 | 183 | 0 | 3.92 | .874 |
| 1988–89 | Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 974 | 47 | 1 | 2.90 | .904 |
| 1989–90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 52 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 2860 | 194 | 2 | 4.07 | .873 |
| 1990–91 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 47 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2730 | 132 | 3 | 2.90 | .900 |
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 60 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 3509 | 197 | 1 | 3.37 | .897 |
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 50 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2718 | 175 | 2 | 3.86 | .897 |
| 1993–94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 64 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3713 | 228 | 1 | 3.68 | .897 |
| 1994–95 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 25 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1894 | 99 | 0 | 3.14 | .910 |
| 1995–96 | Phoenix Roadrunners Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) The Phoenix Roadrunners were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. The team was housed at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The team played in the IHL from 1989 to 1997. The IHL Roadrunners were named for a World Hockey Association team of the same name... |
IHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5.95 | .828 |
| 1995–96 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 36 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2077 | 113 | 0 | 3.26 | .907 |
| 1996–97 | San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 48 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2631 | 140 | 0 | 3.19 | .889 |
| 1997–98 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 28 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1360 | 62 | 1 | 2.74 | .897 |
| NHL totals | 677 | 271 | 265 | 88 | 38,081 | 2174 | 17 | 3.42 | — | ||
Playoffs
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 13 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 0 | 4.51 | — |
| 1980–81 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 4.18 | — |
| 1980–81 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 2 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3.56 | — |
| 1981–82 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 13 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2.42 | — |
| 1982–83 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 10 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 2.64 | — |
| 1984–85 | New York Islanders | NHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 1.71 | .946 |
| 1985–86 | New York Islanders | NHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 3.00 | .898 |
| 1986–87 | New York Islanders | NHL | 14 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 0 | 2.71 | .918 |
| 1987–88 | New York Islanders | NHL | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 3.62 | .851 |
| 1988–89 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 10 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 0 | 3.71 | .881 |
| 1989–90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 9 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 3.62 | .853 |
| 1990–91 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 0 | 2.78 | .903 |
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 6 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 0 | 3.72 | .877 |
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 20 | 10 | 10 | — | — | 0 | 3.52 | .887 |
| 1997–98 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 3.00 | .833 |
| NHL totals | 85 | 36 | 46 | 5161 | 283 | 1 | 3.29 | .891 | ||