Georges Vézina

Georges Vézina (born the January 21st 1887 with Chicoutimi with the Quebec - deceased the March 27th 1926), called " the cucumber of Chicoutimi" was a goalkeeper of Hockey.

Its history

Georges Vésina at summer discovered in 1910 whereas the Canadians of Montreal had gone to Chicoutimi to face an amateur team whose guard was Georges Vézina. It even succeeds in bleaching the players of Montreal. It began its professional path at the beginning of the following season, in 1910, within the National association of Hockey while playing for the team of the Canadian of Montreal which was not very strong at the time. In spite of that, it led the league with the best average of goals boxed to its first two seasons, made it possible Montreal to reach the finale of the Coupe Stanley its fourth season, and contributed to gain it for the first time at its fifth season.

The February 18th 1918, he became the first goalkeeper of the history of the National league of hockey to record a white play at the expense of the Maple Leafs of Toronto by a score of 9-0. At the time, it was not allowed to the goalkeepers to lengthen on the ice to make a stop, which handed down the judgments much harder. Georges Vézina developed a style upright which influenced the majority of the goalkeepers of the league during decades. Despite everything, in fifteen seasons, Vézina forever missed match.

Among the exploits of this father of a family of 22 children, there was a match of which Vézina with blocked 78 of the 79 shootings against him without however gaining the victory.

The December 28th of the same year, he becomes the first guard has to carry out a decisive master key on a goal of Edouard Lalonde

It allowed the Canadians to twice gain the Cut Stanley (1916 and 1924).

In November 1925, Vézina was not in good health. In spite of a raised fever, it was with aims for the first match of the season of the Canadian of Montreal against the Pirates of Pittsburgh, on November 28th, 1925. It left the ice at the end of the first period bleeding of the mouth. After being itself disappeared in the vestière, it took again the match upon the second engagement but it has di to leave a little later; the doctors then diagnosed a advanced Tuberculose to him. It is deceased four months later.

Its nickname was the " cucumber of Chicoutimi" because it was said that it was calm like a cucumber.

Georges Vézina one of the first 12 players elected with the Temple of is re-elected hockey during his inauguration in 1943.

The Trophée Vézina is allotted every year to the best goalkeeper of the season of LNH since 1926.

Statistics of career

328 played parts
15 washings
Average of boxed goals: 3,49.

See too

List of Saguenéens famous
Center Georges-Vézina

Sources: Magazine Canadians

Gallant Dave

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