Glenn Hall

This article covers ice hockey player Glenn Hall; on the musician see Glen Hall .

Glenn Hall
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1975
Date of birth	October 3, 1931
place of birth	Humboldt , Saskatchewan , Canada
Nickname	Mr. Goalie
size	180 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1947-1949	Humboldt Indians
1949-1951	Windsor Spitfires
1951-1952	Indianapolis Capitals
1952-1955	Edmonton Flyers
1955-1957	Detroit Red Wings
1957-1967	Chicago Black Hawks
1967-1971	St. Louis Blues

Glenn Henry Hall (born October 3, 1931 in Humboldt , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played for the Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Black Hawks and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League from 1955 to 1971 .

Career

Glenn Hall was the inventor of the "Butterfly Style". He began his career in the NHL at the age of 24 with the Detroit Red Wings and was honored with the Calder Memorial Trophy for his great first season . Before the games and in the third breaks, Hall always had nervous problems and usually vomited several times. A teammate once said that you should put your bucket in the Hall of Fame. After he had joined Ted Lindsay when he wanted to form a players union, the two were sold together to Chicago. There he became a legend and led the Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1961. At the end of his career, he moved to the St. Louis Blues in the Expansion Draft . There he won the Conn Smythe Trophy at the age of 37 .

In 1975 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutouts
Regular season	16	905	0.545	2.51	84
Playoffs	15th	115	0.430	2.79	6th

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1961

Personal awards

• Red Tilson Trophy : 1951
• First All-Star Team : 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966 and 1969
• Second All-Star Team : 1956, 1961, 1962 and 1967
• Vezina Trophy : 1963, 1967 with Denis DeJordy and 1969 with Jacques Plante
• Calder Memorial Trophy : 1956
• Conn Smythe Trophy : 1968

Records

• 502 consecutive games fully played as a goalkeeper (1955 to 1962)
• 13 participations in the All-Star Game
• 540 minutes of play at All-Star Games

Web links

• Glenn Hall in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Glenn Hall at hockeydb.com (English)
• Glenn Hall at hockeygoalies.org