Ken Wregget

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CanadaCanada  Ken Wregget Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 25, 1964
place of birth Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 3rd round, 45th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1981-1984 Lethbridge Broncos
1984-1989 Toronto Maple Leafs
1989-1992 Philadelphia Flyers
1992-1998 Pittsburgh Penguins
1998-1999 Calgary Flames
1999-2000 Detroit Red Wings
2000-2001 Manitoba mosses

Kenneth Wregget (born March 25, 1964 in Brandon , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played 631 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Philadelphia Flyers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Calgary Flames and Detroit Red during his playing career between 1981 and 2001 Wings in the National Hockey League . In the service of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Wregget won the Stanley Cup in 1992 .

Career

Wregget spent his junior years between 1981 and 1984 with the Lethbridge Broncos in the Western Hockey League , where the goalkeeper had a very successful time. After he had shared the starting position with his opponent in his rookie season , he became a regular goalkeeper for the 1982/83 season . At the end of the season he won the President's Cup with the Broncos . His last WHL game year he finished by winning the Del Wilson Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the league.

After the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1982 in the third round in 45th place, they signed Wregget at the end of the 1983/84 season and made their debut in the NHL in the same season . In the following two years Wregget commuted between the NHL squad Toronto and their farm team , the St. Catharines Saints , from the American Hockey League , although the Maple Leafs lacked a clear goalkeeper at that time. The goalkeeper secured this vacant post for the 1986/87 season for the following two and a half game years. Since the sporting success failed to materialize, the ways of the team and player parted in March 1989. In exchange for two first-round voting rights in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , Wregget moved to the Philadelphia Flyers , where he became a regular player at the beginning of the 1989/90 season . This changed over the next two years, however, in which Wregget first formed a trio with Pete Peeters and Ron Hextall and then with Hextall and Dominic Roussel .

After all, it was Wregget who had to leave the team towards the end of the 1991/92 season for state rivals and reigning Stanley Cup winners Pittsburgh Penguins . Together with Rick Tocchet and Kjell Samuelsson and a third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 , he strengthened the Penguins for the upcoming Stanley Cup playoffs in 1992 . In return, Mark Recchi , Brian Benning and a first-round suffrage in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft moved to Philadelphia. The move was, as Wregget was signed as a substitute by Tom Barrasso , a step backwards in this respect, but he celebrated the greatest success of his career with the Penguins, as they successfully defended the title win of the previous year. Wregget remained in Pittsburgh for the next six seasons and during these years shared the missions mostly with Barrasso or was his back-up.

Before his last year of contract in Pittsburgh, the team split from the now 34-year-old. With Dave Roche he was given to the Calgary Flames , while Pittsburgh secured the services of German Titow and Todd Hlushko . In the opaque goalkeeping situation in Calgary - the Flames used no fewer than six different goalkeepers in the 1998/99 season - Wregget came in behind Fred Brathwaite with 27 appearances on the second most. Judging by his goalscoring average and his catch rate , it was statistically the best of his career, so the contract offer of the Detroit Red Wings in July 1999 was the logical consequence. With the ambitious Red Wings, the goalkeeper acted in his last year in the NHL as a replacement for the regular keeper Chris Osgood before he spent his last year as a professional in the International Hockey League . There he was active as a mentor and substitute for the young Swede Johan Hedberg for Manitoba Moose , which were in cooperation with his ex-team from Pittsburgh. After the 2000/01 season , Wregget ended his career at the age of 37.

International

For his home country Wregget was the first time in goal at the Junior World Cup in Sweden in 1984 . He was supported by substitute Allan Bester , but ultimately played five of the seven tournament games. The Canadians finished the world championship tournament in fourth place. For the men, the goalkeeper was part of the Canadian squad at the 1990 World Cup in Switzerland . Behind Kirk McLean and Bob Essensa , Wregget was only the third keeper in the squad. In his only use in the preliminary round against Norway , however, he posted a shutout in the 8-0 victory. Canada finished fourth in the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1981/82 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 36 19th 12 0 1713 118 1 4.13 3 84 3 0 2.14
1982/83 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 48 26th 17th 1 2696 157 1 3.49 20th 14th 5 1154 58 1 3.02
1983/84 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 53 32 20th 0 3053 161 0 3.16 4th 1 3 210 18th 0 5.14
1983/84 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 1 1 1 165 14th 0 5.09 .891 - - - - - - - -
1984/85 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 23 2 15th 3 1278 103 0 4.84 .863 - - - - - - - -
1984/85 St. Catharines Saints AHL 12 2 8th 1 688 48 0 4.19 - - - - - - - -
1985/86 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 30th 9 13 4th 1566 113 0 4.33 .875 - - - - - - - -
1985/86 St. Catharines Saints AHL 18th 8th 9 0 1058 78 1 4.42 - - - - - - - -
1986/87 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 22nd 28 3 3026 200 0 3.97 .875 13 7th 6th 761 29 1 2.29 .921
1987/88 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 12 35 4th 3000 222 2 4.44 .870 2 0 1 108 11 0 6.11 .823
1988/89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 32 9 20th 2 1888 139 0 4.42 .866 5 2 2 268 10 0 2.24 .928
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3 1 1 0 130 13 0 6:00 am .822 - - - - - - - -
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 51 22nd 24 3 2961 169 0 3.42 .892 - - - - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 30th 10 14th 3 1484 88 0 3.56 .867 - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 23 9 8th 3 1259 75 0 3.57 .865 - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 9 5 3 0 448 31 0 4.15 .847 1 0 0 40 4th 0 6:00 am .750
1992/93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 25th 13 7th 2 1368 78 0 3.42 .887 - - - - - - - -
1993/94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 42 21st 12 7th 2456 138 1 3.37 .893 - - - - - - - -
1994/95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 38 25th 9 2 2208 118 0 3.21 .903 11 5 6th 661 33 1 3.00 .905
1995/96 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 37 20th 13 2 2132 115 3 3.24 .905 9 7th 2 598 23 0 2.31 .930
1996/97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 46 17th 17th 6th 2514 136 2 3.25 .902 5 1 4th 297 18th 0 3.64 .915
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15th 3 6th 2 611 28 0 2.75 .904 - - - - - - - -
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 27 10 12 4th 1590 67 1 2.53 .906 - - - - - - - -
1999/00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 29 14th 10 2 1579 70 0 2.66 .900 - - - - - - - -
2000/01 Manitoba mosses IHL 30th 11 13 4th 1602 72 2 2.70 .900 12 6th 5 774 30th 0 2.33
NHL overall 575 225 248 53 31663 1917 9 3.63 .885 56 28 25th 3340 160 3 2.87 .911

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1984 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 5 2.80
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1,000
Juniors overall 5 2.80
Men overall 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1,000

( 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 Wregget, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wregget, Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandon , Manitoba