Chris Osgood

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Chris Osgood
Date of birth November 26, 1972
place of birth Peace River , Alberta , Canada
Nickname Ozzie, The Wizard of Oz
size 178 cm
Weight 80 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 30
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 3rd round, 54th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1989-1991 Medicine Hat Tigers
1991-1992 Brandon Wheat Kings
1992 Seattle Thunderbirds
1992-1993 Adirondack Red Wings
1993-2001 Detroit Red Wings
2001-2003 New York Islanders
2003-2004 St. Louis Blues
2005-2011 Detroit Red Wings

Christopher John Osgood (* 26. November 1972 in Peace River , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches , who from 1993 to 2011 for the Detroit Red Wings , New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League has played . During this time he won the Stanley Cup three times with the Detroit Red Wings .

Career

Chris Osgood began his career in 1989 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Medicine Hat Tigers . In 1991 he was drawn by the Detroit Red Wings in the third round of the NHL Entry Draft in 54th position. He played one more season in the WHL for Medicine Hat, the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Seattle Thunderbirds .

From the 1992/93 season he played with the Red Wings farm team , the Adirondack Red Wings , in the American Hockey League (AHL) and got his chance in the National Hockey League the following season and played 41 games this season, including 23 Could celebrate victories. At the beginning of the 1995/96 season he had established himself as number 1 in Detroit and achieved a personal record with 39 wins. In addition, together with substitute goalkeeper Mike Vernon received the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals conceded and made it to second place for the Vezina Trophy for the best goalkeeper of the season.

The 1996/97 season Osgood played again a good year as a goalkeeper and was called to the NHL All-Star Game , where he was absent due to an injury. But it was decided in the playoffs for the more experienced Mike Vernon as number 1. With Vernon, the Red Wings won the first Stanley Cup in 42 years, Vernon was also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. However, at the beginning of the following season, Osgood was again the undisputed number 1, as Vernon left the team and Osgood worked with Kevin Hodson and Norm Maracle as reserve goalkeepers . Again the Red Wings could win the Stanley Cup and this time Osgood completed all playoff games. In the 1998/99 season , the Red Wings missed the third Stanley Cup in a row and failed in the second round. Osgood remained the goalkeeper of the Red Wings for another two years, working with substitute goalkeepers Ken Wregget and Manny Legace .

Before the 2001/02 season , the Detroit Red Wings goalkeeper Dominik Hašek signed. So there was no more room for Osgood in the team. He signed a contract with the New York Islanders and was a major prop when the Islanders made it back to the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Despite good performances, the Islanders decided in the middle of the following season to play with goalkeeping talent Rick DiPietro and veteran Garth Snow , and Osgood was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in March 2003 . With Osgood as the goalkeeper, St. Louis moved into the playoffs in 2003 and 2004, but failed both times in the first round. During his time in St. Louis, Osgood made it into the select circle of goalkeepers who have celebrated more than 300 wins in their career . But again a competitor was put in front of his nose. In summer 2004 the Blues signed Patrick Lalime as the new number 1 and decided not to renew the contract with Osgood.

Osgood in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings

After the lockout and the associated failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , Chris Osgood focused on changing his style of play and worked with the University of Michigan goalkeeping coach to optimize his style. In the fall of 2005, Osgood returned to the Detroit Red Wings, but played first in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins to gain match practice after an injury. After his return to the NHL, he completed the season as a replacement goal behind the current number 1 Manny Legace, with whom he had already worked in his first time in Detroit. At the end of the regular season he was with the Red Wings in first place in the league. In the playoffs Osgood was not used due to an injury when his team failed in the first round. The contract, which expired after the season, was extended by two years. Detroit had decided in the summer of 2006 to sign Dominik Hašek again, who was the reason for Osgood's departure from Detroit in 2001. In the 2006/07 game year Osgood was together with Joey MacDonald , who was transferred to the Boston Bruins during the season , the back-up -Galie behind Dominik Hašek. Osgood injured his hand in November. He was out for almost a month and made his comeback on December 18th. In total, he came to 21 games, he only had fewer stakes in the 1994/95 season, which was shortened for lockout .

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season , Osgood temporarily took over the position of goalkeeper after Hašek was injured, and remained undefeated in his first eight missions. When Hašek returned from his injury break, the two shared the number one position, and in January 2008 Osgood was invited to the NHL All-Star Game for the first time in over ten years , having won 19 from 23 games and the league at times the best goal average and the best catch quota. After the All-Star Game, the Red Wings got into a crisis and Osgood was only able to win six of his subsequent 16 missions. Osgood ended the season with 27 wins and the best average conceded goal of his career. He also received together with Hašek the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals conceded. In the playoffs, the Red Wings relied on Hašek at the beginning, but when he conceded three goals in the fourth game of the first round against the Nashville Predators and had previously played weaker, Osgood came to his first appearance. Because of his good performance, he remained number one and set a new franchise record with nine wins in a row. With the fourth win in the final of the Western Conference against the Dallas Stars and the associated move into the Stanley Cup final, he also broke Terry Sawchuk's team record with the most playoff wins.

In the 2008/09 season Osgood started much weaker than last year, but the Red Wings won most of their games. In mid-December 2008 Osgood dropped out due to an injury to his groin and then paused for over two weeks before recovering from the injury and, according to his own statement, was able to play for the first time of the season without health problems. After the 2010/11 season , Osgood ended his active career at the age of 38 and immediately moved to the Red Wings coaching staff. He worked there as a goalkeeping coach for two years before retiring completely from the NHL. Osgood has been co-owner of Saginaw Spirit from the Ontario Hockey League since August 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1989/90 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 57 24 28 2 - 3094 228 0 4.42 - 3 0 3 173 17th 0 5.89
1990/91 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 46 23 18th 3 - 2630 173 2 3.95 - 12 7th 5 712 42 0 3.53 -
1991/92 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 15th 10 3 0 - 819 44 0 3.22 - - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 16 3 10 1 - 890 60 1 4.04 - - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 21st 12 7th 1 - 1217 65 1 3.20 - 15th 9 6th 904 51 0 3.38 -
1992/93 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 45 19th 19th 4th - 2438 159 0 3.91 - 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.03 -
1993/94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 4th 3 1 0 - 239 13 0 3.26 - - - - - - - - -
1993/94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 41 23 8th 5 - 2206 105 2 2.86 .895 6th 3 2 307 12 1 2.35 .891
1994/95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 2 1 1 0 - 120 6th 0 3.00 - - - - - - - - -
1994/95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19th 14th 5 0 - 1087 41 1 2.26 .917 2 0 0 68 2 0 1.76 .920
1995/96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 39 6th 5 - 2933 106 5 2.17 .911 15th 8th 7th 936 33 2 2.12 .898
1996/97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 23 13 9 - 2769 106 6th 2.30 .910 2 0 0 47 2 0 2.55 .905
1997/98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 33 20th 11 - 3807 140 6th 2.21 .913 22nd 16 6th 1381 48 2 2.12 .918
1998/99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 34 25th 4th - 3691 149 3 2.42 .910 6th 4th 2 358 14th 1 2.35 .919
1999/00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 53 30th 14th 8th - 3148 126 6th 2.40 .907 9 5 4th 547 18th 2 1.97 .924
2000/01 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 25th 19th 4th - 2834 127 1 2.69 .903 6th 2 4th 365 15th 1 2.47 .905
2001/02 New York Islanders NHL 66 32 25th 6th - 3743 156 4th 2.50 .910 7th 3 4th 392 17th 0 2.60 .912
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 37 17th 14th 4th - 1993 97 2 2.92 .894 - - - - - - - -
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 9 4th 3 2 - 532 27 2 3.05 .888 7th 3 4th 417 17th 1 2.45 .907
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 31 25th 8th - 3861 144 3 2.24 .910 5 1 4th 287 12 0 2.51 .890
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3 2 1 - 0 180 10 0 3.33 - - - - - - - - -
2005/06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 32 20th 6th - 5 1846 85 2 2.76 .897 - - - - - - - -
2006/07 Detroit Red Wings NHL 21st 11 3 - 6th 1161 46 0 2.38 .907 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 27 9 - 4th 2409 84 4th 2.09 .914 19th 14th 4th 1159 30th 3 1.55 .930
2008/09 Detroit Red Wings NHL 46 26th 9 - 8th 2663 137 2 3.09 .887 23 15th 8th 1406 47 2 2.01 .926
2009/10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 23 7th 9 - 4th 1252 63 1 3.02 .888 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 5 3 - 2 629 29 0 2.77 .903 - - - - - - - -
WHL overall 155 72 66 7th - 8650 570 4th 3.95 - 30th 16 14th 1789 110 0 3.68 -
AHL total 54 25th 22nd 4th 0 2977 188 0 3.79 - 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.03 -
NHL overall 744 401 216 66 29 42564 1768 50 2.49 .905 129 74 49 7651 267 15th 2.09 .916

( 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)

Others

  • Chris Osgood did not wear a modern goalkeeper mask , in which the grille face protection is integrated, but an old-fashioned goalkeeper helmet, which corresponded to a field player helmet with special grille protection. He justified this by saying that it gave him a larger field of vision.
  • On March 6, 1996 Osgood scored a goal in the NHL game against the Hartford Whalers .
  • He was the best man of his teammate Kris Draper .

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personal data
SURNAME Osgood, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osgood, Christopher John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Peace River , Alberta