Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall, who set a record with 502 consecutive starts in net, died Wednesday in Stony Plain, Alberta. He was 94.
Hall was a three-time Vezina Trophy winner and won the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in the 1955-56 season. The 13-time All-Star was dubbed with the nickname “Mr. Goalie” during his 18-season NHL career that ended in 1971.
Hall was the oldest living member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1975.
In 2017, Hall was named as one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players in history.”
Hall ranks fourth in NHL history with 84 career regular-season shutouts and is tied for 12th with 407 career wins.
He playing parts of four seasons for the Detroit Red Wings, 10 campaigns with the Chicago Blackhawks and four seasons with the St. Louis Blues. Hall compiled a 407-326-164 record and 2.50 goals-against average in 906 regular-season games while playing most of his career without a mask.
“Glenn Hall was the very definition of what all hockey goaltenders aspire to be. Aptly nicknamed ‘Mr. Goalie,’ Glenn was sturdy, dependable, and a spectacular talent in net,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “He set the bar for consistency with a goaltending ironman record of 502 consecutive regular-season games played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. That record, set from 1955-56 to 1962-63, still stands, probably always will, and is almost unfathomable — especially when you consider he did it all without a mask.
“Glenn was a true star, whose career was filled with accomplishment and accolades. From the moment he stepped foot in an NHL crease, Hall excelled. He won the Calder Trophy with the Red Wings, earned every win for the Blackhawks in their run to the 1961 Stanley Cup, and captured a Conn Smythe Trophy despite losing in the Final with the St. Louis Blues.”
Hall’s consecutive games in net streak began in 1955 with the Red Wings and continued through seven consecutive regular seasons. He was traded to the Blackhawks after the second one and played every game for five seasons with the Chicago.
Then on Nov. 7, 1962, back issues prompted him to leave a contest and Hall missed Chicago’s next game three days later.
Counting playoffs, Hall played in 552 consecutive games in goal.
Hall helped the Blackhawks win the 1960-61 Stanley Cup by going 8-4 with a 2.02 GAA.
Hall won the Conn Smythe Award in 1968 as the top player in the playoffs even through the Blues lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals.
–Field Level Media
