Jacques Plante
| Jacques Plante | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1978 | |||
Plante as a member of the Quebec Citadelles, in one of his characteristic tuques.
|
|||
| Born |
January 17, 1929 Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Canada |
||
| Died | February 27, 1986 (aged 57) Geneva, Switzerland |
||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
NHL Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins WHA Edmonton Oilers |
||
| Playing career | 1952–1975 | ||
Joseph Jacques Omer Plante (French pronunciation: [ʒɑk plɑ̃t]; January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. During a career lasting from 1947 to 1975, he was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times, including five consecutive wins. On January 1, 2017, in a ceremony prior to the Centennial Classic, Plante was part of the first group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Plante retired in 1965 but was persuaded to return to the National Hockey League to play for the expansion St. Louis Blues in 1968. He was later traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1970 and to the Boston Bruins in 1973. He joined the World Hockey Association as coach and general manager for the Quebec Nordiques in 1973–74. He then played goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1974–75, ending his professional career with that team.
Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goaltender mask in regulation play on a regular basis. He developed and tested many versions of the mask (including the forerunner of today's mask/helmet combination) with the assistance of other experts. Plante was the first NHL goaltender to regularly play the puck outside his crease in support of his team's defencemen, and he often instructed his teammates from behind the play. Plante was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978, was chosen as the goaltender of the Canadiens' "dream team" in 1985, and was inducted into the Quebec Sports Pantheon in 1994. The Montreal Canadiens retired Plante's jersey, #1, the following year. Plante ranks seventh among NHL goalies for all-time career wins with 437.
...
Wikipedia