Pete Peeters
Encyclopedia
Peter H. Peeters is a retired Vezina-winning
professional ice hockey
goaltender
who was one of the NHL
's most colourful characters in the 1980s.
, Alberta. At a young age, he valued swimming more than hockey. It was not until he was 18 that Peeters was committed to junior hockey. In 1975
, Peeters joined a struggling Medicine Hat Tigers
team. He would stay with the tigers for two years before being drafted. Peeters was drafted 135th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers
in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft
after showing scouts that he had what it took to play at an NHL
level. He played for two years in the AHL
winning the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for best GAA
in the league and he was also selected to the First All-Star Team.
sharing the net with Phil Myre
. Peeters started with a 22–0–5 record before losing his first game of the season on February 19. The Flyers went a NHL record 35 straight games without a loss that season. Peeters finished the season with a 29–5–5 record with a 2.73 GAA. He led the Flyers all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals
before losing to the New York Islanders
on an overtime goal by Bob Nystrom
. For his effort, Peeters was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game.
The following season
, expectations were high for Peeters but he did not meet them. Over the next two years his GAA rose and his playoff success diminished. In 1982
, Peeters was traded to the Boston Bruins
for defenceman Brad McCrimmon
.
for the 1982–83 season
. Peeters had perhaps his best year as he played in 62 games and posting a 40–11–9 record with 8 shutouts and a decade high 2.36 GAA. At one point, Peeters went 31 games without a loss. He won the Vezina Trophy
for his spectacular play and was selected First All-Star Team goalie. He also played in the All-Star Game in his first season with Boston. Surprisingly, Peeters finished 2nd in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy
to Wayne Gretzky
. Next season
, expectation were high again for Peeters and like in Philadelphia he did not meet them. He played for two more years with the Bruins with his GAA inflating and the losses piling up.
. Despite having a sprained ankle, Peeters was able to play in four games including the final game against Sweden and the memorable overtime win against the Soviets.
, Peeters was traded to the Washington Capitals
in exchange for goaltender
Pat Riggin
. Peeters provided the Caps with solid goaltending for the next five seasons. But in the playoffs, Peeters did not find much success again.
by way of free agency. He remained there for the last two seasons of his career sharing the net with Ron Hextall
and Ken Wregget
. Peeters would hang up the pads in 1991
.
, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes
, and the Edmonton Oilers
. On July 27, 2009, he signed on as goaltending coach for the Anaheim Ducks
, a position which had been left vacant following the departure of François Allaire
.
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team...
professional 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...
who was one of the NHL
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...
's most colourful characters in the 1980s.
Early life
Peeters was born in a family of Dutch immigrants in EdmontonEdmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta. At a young age, he valued swimming more than hockey. It was not until he was 18 that Peeters was committed to junior hockey. In 1975
1974-75 WCHL season
The 1974–75 WCHL season was the 9th season for the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Twelve teams completed a 70 game season...
, Peeters joined a struggling 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....
team. He would stay with the tigers for two years before being drafted. Peeters was drafted 135th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft
1977 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.-Selections by round:Below are listed the selections in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.-Round one:-Round two:...
after showing scouts that he had what it took to play at an NHL
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...
level. He played for two years in the AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
winning the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for best 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....
in the league and he was also selected to the First All-Star Team.
Philadelphia Flyers
Peeters was called up by the Flyers in 19801979-80 NHL season
The 1979–80 NHL season was the 63rd season of the National Hockey League. This season saw the addition of four teams from the disbanded World Hockey Association as expansion franchises. The Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New England Whalers , and Quebec Nordiques joined the NHL, bringing the total...
sharing the net with Phil Myre
Phil Myre
Philip Lewis Myre is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.-Playing career:Originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1966 NHL Entry Draft, Myre played parts of three seasons with the Canadiens. In 1971 he played 30 regular season games, and dressed for 70. However...
. Peeters started with a 22–0–5 record before losing his first game of the season on February 19. The Flyers went a NHL record 35 straight games without a loss that season. Peeters finished the season with a 29–5–5 record with a 2.73 GAA. He led the Flyers all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals
1980 Stanley Cup Finals
-See also:* List of Stanley Cup champions* 1979–80 NHL season* 1980 NBA Finals* 1980 World Series* Super Bowl XV-Notes:...
before losing to 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...
on an overtime goal by Bob Nystrom
Bob Nyström
Robert Thore Nystrom is a retired professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1986. He is best remembered as having scored the winning goal at the 7:11 mark of overtime to give the New York Islanders the 1980 Stanley Cup...
. For his effort, Peeters was selected to play in the NHL All-Star Game.
The following season
1980-81 NHL season
The 1980–81 NHL season was the 64th season of the National Hockey League. This was the first season that the Calgary Flames played in Calgary, Alberta. Previously, they were the Atlanta Flames and played in Atlanta, Georgia. The New York Islanders won their second consecutive Stanley Cup, defeating...
, expectations were high for Peeters but he did not meet them. Over the next two years his GAA rose and his playoff success diminished. In 1982
1981-82 NHL season
The 1981–82 NHL season was the 65th season of the National Hockey League. The William M. Jennings Trophy made its debut this year as the trophy for the goaltenders from the team with the fewest goals against...
, Peeters was traded to the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
for defenceman Brad McCrimmon
Brad McCrimmon
Byron Brad McCrimmon from Plenty, Saskatchewan, was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. McCrimmon played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1979 and 1997. From 1997 to his death, he was a coach, ultimately with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League...
.
Boston Bruins
Peeters joined the Boston BruinsBoston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
for the 1982–83 season
1982-83 NHL season
-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:Source: NHL.-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = PointsSource: NHL.-Leading goaltenders:...
. Peeters had perhaps his best year as he played in 62 games and posting a 40–11–9 record with 8 shutouts and a decade high 2.36 GAA. At one point, Peeters went 31 games without a loss. He won the Vezina Trophy
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team...
for his spectacular play and was selected First All-Star Team goalie. He also played in the All-Star Game in his first season with Boston. Surprisingly, Peeters finished 2nd in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy
Hart Memorial Trophy
The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the "player adjudged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League . The Hart Memorial Trophy has been awarded 86 times to 53 different...
to Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...
. Next season
1983-84 NHL season
The 1983–84 NHL season was the 67th season of the National Hockey League. The Edmonton Oilers de-throned the four-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders four games to one in the Cup finals.-League business:...
, expectation were high again for Peeters and like in Philadelphia he did not meet them. He played for two more years with the Bruins with his GAA inflating and the losses piling up.
1984 Canada Cup
Peeters was invited to Team Canada for the 1984 Canada Cup1984 Canada Cup
The 1984 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning two games to nil...
. Despite having a sprained ankle, Peeters was able to play in four games including the final game against Sweden and the memorable overtime win against the Soviets.
Washington Capitals
After the Canada Cup experience, Peeters had trouble readjusting his game to the NHL level. After a slow start in the 1985–86 season1985-86 NHL season
-Final:Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesMontreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:- Leading goaltenders :-Debuts:...
, Peeters was traded to 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 exchange for 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...
Pat Riggin
Pat Riggin
Patrick Michael Riggin is a retired former National Hockey League goaltender who played for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as the Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association...
. Peeters provided the Caps with solid goaltending for the next five seasons. But in the playoffs, Peeters did not find much success again.
Return to Philadelphia
Peeters returned to Philadelphia in 19901989-90 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:...
by way of free agency. He remained there for the last two seasons of his career sharing the net with Ron Hextall
Ron Hextall
Ronald Jeffrey Hextall is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers, Quebec Nordiques, and New York Islanders...
and Ken Wregget
Ken Wregget
Kenneth Wregget is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He won the Stanley Cup in 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins.-Playing career:...
. Peeters would hang up the pads in 1991
1990-91 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:...
.
Retirement
At the end of his playing career, Peeters returned to the family farm in Edmonton. He then got into coaching, serving as a goaltender coach to the Minnesota North StarsMinnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
, and the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
. On July 27, 2009, he signed on as goaltending coach for the Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
, a position which had been left vacant following the departure of François Allaire
François Allaire
François Allaire is an ice hockey goaltending coach currently working for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the North American National Hockey League . He developed considerable expertise during the 1980s as the Montreal Canadiens' first-ever goaltending coach. In the 1990s, he promoted his methods to the...
.
Awards and achievements
- Selected to the AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
Second All-Star Team in 1979. - Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award in 1979 (shared with Robbie MooreRobbie MooreRobert David "Robbie" Moore is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals. He played his college hockey at the University of Michigan and the University of Western Ontario. Author John U...
). - Selected to the NHL First All-Star Team in 19831982-83 NHL season-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:Source: NHL.-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = PointsSource: NHL.-Leading goaltenders:...
. - Vezina TrophyVezina TrophyThe Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team...
winner in 1983. - Played in 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1984 NHL All-Star Games.
- Canada CupCanada CupThe Canada Cup refers to several types of professional sporting events held in Canada: It is also the previous name of the World Cup of Golf and the World Cup of Hockey.* Canada Cup for men's professional ice hockey* Canada Cup...
winner in 19841984 Canada CupThe 1984 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning two games to nil...
.
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... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Edmonton Crusaders | AJHL Alberta Junior Hockey League The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy... |
35 | — | — | — | 2012 | 114 | 0 | 3.25 | — |
| 1975–76 | 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.... |
WCHL 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... |
37 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2074 | 147 | 0 | 4.25 | .877 |
| 1976–77 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 62 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 3423 | 232 | 1 | 4.07 | .877 |
| 1977–78 | Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:... |
IHL | 33 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1698 | 92 | 1 | 3.25 | .919 |
| 1977–78 1977–78 AHL season The 1977–78 AHL season was the 42nd season of the American Hockey League. The season was in jeopardy when the last of the original eight franchises of the "International-American Hockey League", the Rhode Island Reds folded in the offseason, and the AHL was left with five teams... |
Maine Mariners Maine Mariners The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Portland, Maine, USA at the Cumberland County Civic Center.-History:... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 855 | 40 | 0 | 2.80 | — |
| 1978–79 1978–79 AHL season The 1978–79 AHL season was the 43rd season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Ken McKenzie Award, for the most outstanding marketing executive, showing its commitment to marketing and public relations.... |
Maine Mariners | AHL | 35 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2067 | 100 | 2 | 2.90 | — |
| 1978–79 | Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL 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... |
5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 16 | 0 | 3.43 | — |
| 1979–80 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 40 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2373 | 108 | 1 | 2.73 | — |
| 1980–81 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 40 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2333 | 115 | 2 | 2.96 | — |
| 1981–82 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 44 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2591 | 160 | 0 | 3.71 | .871 |
| 1982–83 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL | 62 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 3611 | 142 | 8 | 2.36 | .904 |
| 1983–84 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 50 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2868 | 151 | 0 | 3.16 | .876 |
| 1984–85 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2975 | 172 | 1 | 3.47 | .868 |
| 1985–86 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 485 | 31 | 0 | 3.84 | .873 |
| 1985–86 | 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... |
NHL | 34 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2021 | 113 | 1 | 3.35 | .876 |
| 1986–87 1986–87 AHL season The 1986–87 AHL season was the 51st season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league institutes awarding one point in the standings, for an overtime loss... |
Binghamton Whalers Binghamton Whalers The Binghamton Whalers was an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. It played in Binghamton, New York, USA, at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.-History:... |
AHL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 4 | 1 | 0.98 | .967 |
| 1986–87 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 37 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2002 | 107 | 0 | 3.21 | .885 |
| 1987–88 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 35 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1896 | 88 | 2 | 2.78 | .898 |
| 1988–89 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 35 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1854 | 88 | 4 | 2.85 | .889 |
| 1989–90 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 24 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1140 | 71 | 1 | 3.74 | .883 |
| 1990–91 1990–91 AHL season The 1990–91 AHL season was the 55th season of the American Hockey League. Fifteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Rochester Americans finished first overall in the regular season... |
Hershey Bears Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of... |
AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 6.29 | .833 |
| 1990–91 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1270 | 61 | 1 | 2.88 | .902 |
| NHL totals | 489 | 246 | 155 | 51 | 27,699 | 1424 | 21 | 3.08 | — | ||
Playoffs
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 4 | — | — | 204 | 17 | 0 | 5.00 | — |
| 1977–78 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 11 | 8 | 3 | 562 | 25 | 1 | 2.67 | — |
| 1978–79 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 329 | 15 | 0 | 2.74 | — |
| 1979–80 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 13 | 8 | 5 | 779 | 37 | 1 | 2.78 | — |
| 1980–81 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | — |
| 1981–82 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 220 | 17 | 0 | 4.64 | — |
| 1982–83 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1024 | 61 | 1 | 3.57 | — |
| 1983–84 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | .853 |
| 1984–85 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | .846 |
| 1985–86 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 9 | 5 | 4 | 544 | 24 | 0 | 2.65 | .905 |
| 1986–87 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 180 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | .882 |
| 1987–88 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 12 | 7 | 5 | 654 | 34 | 0 | 3.12 | .896 |
| 1988–89 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 6 | 2 | 4 | 359 | 24 | 0 | 4.01 | .854 |
| NHL totals | 71 | 35 | 35 | 4200 | 232 | 2 | 3.31 | — | ||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 1984 Canada Cup The 1984 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning two games to nil... |
Canada | Can-Cup Canada Cup The Canada Cup refers to several types of professional sporting events held in Canada: It is also the previous name of the World Cup of Golf and the World Cup of Hockey.* Canada Cup for men's professional ice hockey* Canada Cup... |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 13 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Senior int'l totals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 13 | 0 | 3.00 | |||