Al Jensen

This article describes the ice hockey goalkeeper Al Jensen. For the painter Al Jensen see Alfred Jensen (painter, 1903) .

Al Jensen
Date of birth	November 27, 1958
place of birth	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1978 , 2nd round, 31st position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1975-1976	Hamilton Fincups
1976-1977	St. Catharines Fincups
1977-1988	Hamilton Fincups
1978-1979	Kalamazoo Wings
1979-1981	Adirondack Red Wings
1981-1987	Washington Capitals
1987	Los Angeles Kings
1987-1988	New Haven Nighthawks

Allan Raymond "Al" Jensen (born November 27, 1958 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played from 1980 and 1987 for the Detroit Red Wings , Washington Capitals and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League .

Career

During his junior years Jensen played at the Hamilton Fincups in the OHL . The team was very strong with players like Dale McCourt , Al Secord and Willie Huber and won the Memorial Cup . In the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft , the Detroit Red Wings selected him in the second round as 31st. He had already been traded as the best goalkeeper in the draft and was also selected as the first goalkeeper.

His first station in the professional area were the Kalamazoo Wings in the IHL and the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL , where he was able to convince. In the 1980/81 season he came to a job at Red Wings, but he had to accept seven goals. The following season Detroit gave him to the Washington Capitals . After a few games for the Hershey Bears in the AHL, he made the jump to the NHL and became the second goalkeeper behind Dave Parro . In the following year he replaced him and usually shared the place in the Tor der Capitals with Pat Riggin . Together they won in the season 1983/84 , the William M. Jennings Trophy . The following years were changeable and a knee injury in January 1985 forced him to take a twenty game break.

When the Capitals bet on Bob Mason in the 1986/87 season , he was given to the Los Angeles Kings for Garry Galley . There he could not prevail and only played five games for the Kings. In 1988 he ended his career.

Jensen currently works as a scout for the NHL's Central Scouting Service , where he serves as the lead scout for goalkeepers.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutouts
Regular season	7th	179	0.531	3.35	8th
Playoffs	3	12	0.417	3.21	0

Sporting successes

• 1976 Memorial Cup win with the Hamilton Fincups
• 1977 silver medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1978 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1981 Calder Cup win with the Adirondack Red Wings

Personal awards

• 1977 OMJHL Second All-Star Team
• 1978 OMJHL First All-Star Team
• 1978 Dave Pinkney Trophy
• 1984 William M. Jennings Trophy (with Pat Riggin )

Web links

• Al Jensen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Al Jensen at hockeygoalies.org
• Al Jensen at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: Top 2014 NHL Draft prospects offer self-evaluations , NHL.com, March 28, 2014