Tony Esposito

Position: G
Catches: Right
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: April 23, 1943 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1988

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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				Goalie Stats													Scoring Stats
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1968-69	25	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	13	746	5	4	4	14	.538	2	34	2.73				0	0	0	0
1969-70	26	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	63	3763	38	17	8	84	.667	15	136	2.17				0	2	2	2
1970-71	27	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	57	3325	35	14	6	76	.691	6	126	2.27				0	1	1	4
1971-72	28	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	48	2780	31	10	6	68	.723	9	82	1.77				0	1	1	2
1972-73	29	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	56	3340	32	17	7	71	.634	4	140	2.51				0	2	2	0
1973-74	30	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	70	4143	34	14	21	89	.645	10	141	2.04				0	1	1	0
1974-75	31	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	71	4219	34	30	7	75	.528	6	193	2.74				0	1	1	11
1975-76	32	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	68	4003	30	23	13	73	.553	4	198	2.97				0	1	1	2
1976-77	33	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	69	4067	25	36	8	58	.420	2	234	3.45				0	2	2	6
1977-78	34	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	64	3840	28	22	14	70	.547	5	168	2.63				0	4	4	0
1978-79	35	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	63	3780	24	28	11	59	.468	4	206	3.27				0	1	1	2
1979-80	36	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	69	4140	31	22	16	78	.565	6	205	2.97				0	1	1	2
1980-81	37	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	66	3935	29	23	14	72	.545	0	246	3.75				0	3	3	0
1981-82	38	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	52	3069	19	25	8	46	.442	1	231	4.52				0	2	2	0
1982-83	39	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	39	2340	23	11	5	51	.654	1	135	3.46				0	0	0	0
1983-84	40	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	18	1095	5	10	3	13	.361	1	88	4.82	622	534	.859	0	3	3	0
Career		16 Seasons	NHL	886	52585	423	306	151	997	.566	76	2563	2.92	622	534	.859	0	25	25	31

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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				Goalie Stats													Scoring Stats
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1969-70	26	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	8	480	4	4		8	.500	0	27	3.38				0	0	0	0
1970-71	27	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	18	1151	11	7		22	.611	2	42	2.19				0	0	0	0
1971-72	28	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	5	300	2	3		4	.400	0	16	3.20				0	0	0	0
1972-73	29	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	15	895	10	5		20	.667	1	46	3.08				0	0	0	0
1973-74	30	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	10	584	6	4		12	.600	2	28	2.88				0	0	0	0
1974-75	31	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	8	472	3	5		6	.375	0	34	4.32				0	0	0	0
1975-76	32	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	4	240	0	4		0	.000	0	13	3.25				0	0	0	0
1976-77	33	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	2	120	0	2		0	.000	0	6	3.00				0	0	0	0
1977-78	34	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	4	252	0	4		0	.000	0	19	4.52				0	0	0	0
1978-79	35	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	4	243	0	4		0	.000	0	14	3.46				0	0	0	0
1979-80	36	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	6	373	3	3		6	.500	0	14	2.25				0	0	0	0
1980-81	37	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	3	215	0	3		0	.000	0	15	4.19				0	0	0	0
1981-82	38	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	7	381	3	3		6	.500	1	16	2.52				0	0	0	0
1982-83	39	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL	5	311	3	2		6	.600	0	18	3.47				0	0	0	0
Career		14 Seasons	NHL	99	6017	45	53		90	.459	6	308	3.07				0	0	0	0

Other Regular Season

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				Goalie Stats													Scoring Stats
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1964-65	21	Michigan Tech Huskies	WCHA	17	1020						1	40	2.35
1965-66	22	Michigan Tech Huskies	WCHA	19	1140						1	51	2.68
1966-67	23	Michigan Tech Huskies	WCHA	15	900						0	39	2.60
1967-68	24	Vancouver Canucks	WHL	63	3734	25	33	4	54	.435	4	199	3.20
1968-69	25	Houston Apollos	CHL	19	1139	10	7	2	22	.579	1	46	2.42
1972-73	29	Canada	Summit-72	4	240	2	1	1	5	.625	0	13	3.25
1976-77	33	Canada	WEC-A	9	510	6	2	1	13	.722	1	27	3.18
1981-82	38	United States	Can-Cup	5	300	2	3	0	4	.400	0	20	4.00
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	5	300	2	3	0	4	.400	0	20	4.00
Career		1 Season	CHL	19	1139	10	7	2	22	.579	1	46	2.42
Career		1 Season	Summit-72	4	240	2	1	1	5	.625	0	13	3.25
Career		3 Seasons	WCHA	51	3060						2	130	2.55
Career		1 Season	WEC-A	9	510	6	2	1	13	.722	1	27	3.18
Career		1 Season	WHL	63	3734	25	33	4	54	.435	4	199	3.20

Other Playoffs

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				Goalie Stats													Scoring Stats
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1968-69	25	Houston Apollos	CHL	1	59	0	1	0	0	.000	0	3	3.05
Career		1 Season	CHL	1	59	0	1	0	0	.000	0	3	3.05

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games 1970 NHL 1971 NHL 1972 NHL 1973 NHL 1974 NHL 1980 NHL	Awards 1969-70 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy 1969-70 NHL Vezina Trophy 1971-72 NHL Vezina Trophy 1973-74 NHL Vezina Trophy	Honors 1969-70 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1971-72 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1972-73 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 1973-74 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 1979-80 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)	Games Played (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL 63 (4) 1970-71 NHL 57 (3) 1971-72 NHL 48 (6) 1972-73 NHL 56 (2) 1973-74 NHL 70 (2) 1974-75 NHL 71 (2) 1975-76 NHL 68 (1) 1976-77 NHL 69 (1) 1977-78 NHL 64 (3) 1978-79 NHL 63 (2) 1979-80 NHL 69 (1) 1980-81 NHL 66 (1) 1981-82 NHL 52 (8) Career NHL 886 (7)
Wins (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL 38 (1) 1970-71 NHL 35 (1) 1971-72 NHL 31 (2) 1972-73 NHL 32 (2) 1973-74 NHL 34 (2) 1974-75 NHL 34 (2) 1975-76 NHL 30 (4) 1976-77 NHL 25 (7) 1977-78 NHL 28 (6) 1978-79 NHL 24 (7) 1979-80 NHL 31 (2) 1980-81 NHL 29 (3) 1982-83 NHL 23 (7) Career NHL 423 (7)	Losses (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL 17 (9) 1972-73 NHL 17 (10) 1974-75 NHL 30 (2) 1975-76 NHL 23 (8) 1976-77 NHL 36 (1) 1977-78 NHL 22 (8) 1978-79 NHL 28 (2) 1979-80 NHL 22 (8) 1980-81 NHL 23 (4) 1981-82 NHL 25 (7) Career NHL 306 (11)	Ties/Overtime (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL 8 (9) 1971-72 NHL 6 (9) 1972-73 NHL 7 (5) 1973-74 NHL 21 (1) 1975-76 NHL 13 (1) 1976-77 NHL 8 (7) 1977-78 NHL 14 (4) 1978-79 NHL 11 (2) 1979-80 NHL 16 (1) 1980-81 NHL 14 (2) Career NHL 151 (3)	Points (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL 84 (1) 1970-71 NHL 76 (1) 1971-72 NHL 68 (2) 1972-73 NHL 71 (2) 1973-74 NHL 89 (2) 1974-75 NHL 75 (3) 1975-76 NHL 73 (4) 1976-77 NHL 58 (6) 1977-78 NHL 70 (6) 1978-79 NHL 59 (6) 1979-80 NHL 78 (1) 1980-81 NHL 72 (3) 1982-83 NHL 51 (8) Career NHL 997 (6)
Points Percentage (Goalie) 1969-70 NHL .667 (2) 1970-71 NHL .691 (5) 1971-72 NHL .723 (5) 1972-73 NHL .634 (3) 1973-74 NHL .645 (3) 1975-76 NHL .553 (8) 1982-83 NHL .654 (5) Career NHL .567 (27)	Shutouts 1969-70 NHL 15 (1) 1970-71 NHL 6 (2) 1971-72 NHL 9 (1) 1972-73 NHL 4 (5) 1973-74 NHL 10 (2) 1974-75 NHL 6 (2) 1975-76 NHL 4 (4) 1977-78 NHL 5 (2) 1978-79 NHL 4 (2) 1979-80 NHL 6 (1) 1981-82 NHL 1 (8) 1982-83 NHL 1 (8) Career NHL 76 (9)	Goals Against 1969-70 NHL 136 (8) 1970-71 NHL 126 (8) 1972-73 NHL 140 (7) 1973-74 NHL 141 (8) 1974-75 NHL 193 (4) 1975-76 NHL 198 (4) 1976-77 NHL 234 (1) 1977-78 NHL 168 (9) 1978-79 NHL 206 (1) 1979-80 NHL 205 (2) 1980-81 NHL 246 (2) 1981-82 NHL 231 (2) Career NHL 2563 (3)	Goals Against Average 1969-70 NHL 2.17 (2) 1970-71 NHL 2.27 (3) 1971-72 NHL 1.77 (1) 1972-73 NHL 2.52 (3) 1973-74 NHL 2.04 (2) 1974-75 NHL 2.74 (6) 1975-76 NHL 2.97 (8) 1977-78 NHL 2.62 (5) 1979-80 NHL 2.97 (8) Career NHL 2.92 (68)
Save Percentage Career NHL .859 (87)

Transactions

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September 29, 1967: Signed as a free agent by Montreal (Cleveland-AHL), September 29, 1967.

October, 1967: Loaned to Vancouver (WHL) by Montreal for cash, October 1967.

June 11, 1969: Claimed by Chicago from Montreal in Intra-League Draft, June 11, 1969.

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