Félix Potvin

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CanadaCanada  Félix Potvin Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 23, 1971
place of birth Anjou , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 87 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 2nd round, 31st position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1988-1991 Chicoutimi saguenéens
1991-1999 Toronto Maple Leafs
1999 New York Islanders
1999-2001 Vancouver Canucks
2001-2003 Los Angeles Kings
2003-2004 Boston Bruins

Félix Potvin (born June 23, 1971 in Anjou , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was active for the Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Islanders , Vancouver Canucks , Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League . He is currently working as an assistant coach for the Cantonniers de Magog youth team.

Career

Félix Potvin began his career in 1988 in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens . He was a regular goalkeeper for the team in his first two years, but he has not yet performed well. In the 1990 NHL Entry Draft , the Toronto Maple Leafs selected him in the second round at position 31. In the 1990/91 season he had his best year in the QMJHL. The Sagueneens won the championship and qualified for the final round of the Memorial Cup , the most important Canadian ice hockey trophy in the youth field for players under the age of 21.

The Sagueneens couldn't win the cup, but Potvin was showered with awards. From the QMJHL he received the Trophée Jacques Plante as the best goalkeeper and the Trophée Guy Lafleur as the MVP of the playoffs . In addition, there was the award as the best goalkeeper in the Memorial Cup final round, as well as the award as the best goalkeeper of the CHL .

In the 1991/92 season he switched to the pros and played mainly with the St. John's Maple Leafs , the farm team of Toronto in the AHL . But he also came to four appearances in the NHL , three times he was allowed to play from the start. He couldn't win any of the games, but still performed very well and had a catch rate of 93.3 percent. The AHL drew him at the end of the season with the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award as the best goalkeeper and with the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the best rookie of the season.

Already in the 1992/93 season Potvin had asserted himself as a regular goalkeeper at the Toronto Maple Leafs, displacing veteran and multiple Stanley Cup winner Grant Fuhr , who was given to the Buffalo Sabers . With the Maple Leafs he was able to move into the conference finals, where they had to admit defeat in a competitive series only after the seventh game. Potvin was a post-season nominee for the Calder Memorial Trophy for the NHL's best rookie.

In the 1993/94 season Potvin played more than 60 games for the first time and celebrated a total of 34 wins. In addition, there was his first participation in the NHL All-Star Game . He could also shine in the playoffs. In the first round, the Maple Leafs met the Chicago Blackhawks and won the round 4-2. Potvin was the most important player on the team, as the Maple Leafs could only win three of their four games 1-0 and he managed three shutouts. Again he moved into the conference final with Toronto, but failed again. In 1995 and 1996, the Maple Leafs did not get past the first round of the playoffs. In 1997 and 1998 they could not qualify at all.

In the summer of 1998, the Maple Leafs signed a new goalkeeper Curtis Joseph and Potvin found himself only as a back-up goalkeeper at the start of the season and only played five games in the first three months of the season. In January 1999 he was transferred to the New York Islanders , but after only a month he suffered a knee injury and was then only able to play four games.

In August 1999 he signed a new one-year contract for $ 2.7 million with the Islanders and went into the season as number one, but in December he was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks . But even there he only stayed a year since he was sent to the Los Angeles Kings in a transfer business in January 2001 . Potvin, who in the past few years could no longer match the excellent performances from his early days, finally returned to his old class in Los Angeles. For the Kings he completed 23 games in the rest of the season, of which he was able to win 13. At the end of the season he had a goalscoring average of 1.96 and had managed five shutouts in the short time and led the Kings into the playoffs.

In the 2001/02 season he completed 71 games and was the undisputed number one in Los Angeles. The following season, Potvin shared the playing time with Jamie Storr and ended up with 42 games. They missed the playoffs.

In September 2003 Potvin received a contract with the Boston Bruins . There he became the back-up goalie of 23-year-old Andrew Raycroft , who was named the best new professional at the end of the season. After the lockout and the failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , Potvin had no contract and did not announce the end of his career.

Potvin is now the assistant coach for the goalkeepers of the Cantonniers de Magog junior team from the Canadian province of Québec .

Achievements and Awards

International

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Victory cut Conceded goal Shutouts
Regular season 13 635 0.419 2.76 32
Playoffs 6th 72 0.486 2.64 8th

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personal data
SURNAME Potvin, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Potvin, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Anjou , Quebec