Tom Barrasso | |||
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
March 31, 1965 ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Right | ||
Played for |
Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins Ottawa Senators Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues |
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National team | United States | ||
NHL Draft | 5th overall, 1983 Buffalo Sabres |
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Playing career | 1983–2003 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing United States | ||
Men's ice hockey | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
2002 Salt Lake City | Ice hockey |
Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. Barrasso was a goaltender for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues. He was the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first. He was the youngest winner of the league's Vezina Trophy for best goaltender, as an 18-year-old rookie in 1984. He was also the youngest goaltender to win Calder Memorial Trophy, a record he still holds as of the end of 2015-16 season. Barrasso was a member of successive Stanley Cup championship teams in 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was inducted as a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
After retiring from active play, Barrasso was an assistant coach and in charge of goaltending development for the Carolina Hurricanes for five years. In June 2012, Barrasso joined former Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice on the coaching staff at Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Since 2016 he is the head coach of Asiago Hockey in the Alps Hockey League.