André Gill (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  André Gill Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 19, 1941
place of birth Sorel , Quebec , Canada
date of death 2nd December 2014
Place of death Sorel-Tracy , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Cannon
size 170 cm
Weight 65 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1960–1962 Sorel Royals
1962-1972 Hershey Bears
1972-1974 Chicago Cougars
1974-1975 Hampton Gulls
1976-1977 Richmond Wildcats

André Marcel Gill (born September 19, 1941 in Sorel , Québec ; † December 2, 2014 in Sorel-Tracy , Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who, among other things, played 62 games for the Boston Bruins in the course of his active career between 1962 and 1977 of the National Hockey League and the Chicago Cougars in the World Hockey Association . Mainly Gill played but for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup in 1969 .

Career

Gill spent his junior years between 1960 and 1962 in his hometown with the Sorel Royals , before the goalkeeper switched from there to the professional field. There he played with the beginning of the 1962/63 season for ten years for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League . During this period he won the Calder Cup with the team in 1969 , and his outstanding achievements in the 1966/67 season earned him a nomination for the AHL First All-Star Team and he was awarded the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award , because he had the lowest goals against goals of all goalkeepers.

During his time in Hershey, Gill was called up in December 1967 in the squad of the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League after their goalie Gerry Cheevers was injured. Gill then completed five appearances for the Bruins - his only in the NHL. He succeeded in his first game on December 23, 1967 against the New York Rangers a shutout , for which he blocked 41 shots. He set a modern NHL record at that time , which was only improved by four shots in November 2014 by Troy Grosenick .

After his ten-year engagement with the Hershey Bears, the Canadian moved to the 1972/73 season with the Chicago Cougars in the World Hockey Association , who had bought the Houston Eros the WHA transfer rights to his person. There Gill filled the post of substitute keeper. Behind Jimmy McLeod for the first year , then Cam Newton . From 1974, the goalkeeper let his career in the Southern Hockey League end. First he was in the goal of the Hampton Gulls in the 1974/75 season . There he made it into the First All-Star Team of the SHL. After he did not appear in the following year, Gill guarded the goal of the Richmond Wildcats in the same league again in the 1976/77 season . He then ended his active career at the age of 36.

Gill died in December 2014 at the age of 73 in Sorel-Tracy, the town of his birth .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Victories Defeats draw Minutes GT Shutouts Sv% GTS
NHL: Regular season 1 5 3 1 0 270 13 1 .903 2.89
NHL: playoffs - - - - - - - - - -
WHA: Regular season 2 46 2512 164 0 .883 3.92
WHA: Playoffs 1 11 6th 5 - 614 38 0 .881 3.71

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Gill, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gill, André Marcel (full name); Gill, Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Sorel , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 2014
Place of death Sorel-Tracy , Quebec