Ron Tugnutt

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CanadaCanada  Ron Tugnutt Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 22, 1967
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 75 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 4th lap, 81st position
Québec Nordiques
Career stations
1984-1987 Peterborough Petes
1987-1992 Québec Nordiques
1992-1993 Edmonton Oilers
1993-1994 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1994-1995 Montréal Canadiens
1995-1996 Portland Pirates
1996-2000 Ottawa Senators
2000 Pittsburgh Penguins
2000-2002 Columbus Blue Jackets
2002-2004 Dallas Stars

Ronald Frederick Bradley Tugnutt (born October 22, 1967 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who worked for the Québec Nordiques , Edmonton Oilers , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Montréal Canadiens , Ottawa Senators , Pittsburgh Penguins during his career between 1987 and 2004 , Columbus Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Ron Tugnutt began his career in 1984 in the Canadian Junior League OHL with the Peterborough Petes . At the end of his first season he received the FW “Dinty” Moore Trophy as the best rookie goalkeeper with the lowest average goal conceded. The following year he and goalkeeper colleague Kay Whitmore received the Dave Pinkney Trophy for the fewest goals conceded.

In the same year he was selected by the Québec Nordiques in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round at position 81. After another year in the OHL, he moved to the Nordiques in the NHL . For the first three years he held the role as a back-up goalkeeper and also played in the AHL with the Nordiques farm teams , the Fredericton Express and the Halifax Citadels .

In the 1990/91 season he was number 1 on the team and played 56 games. In a game against the Boston Bruins that ended 3-3, Tugnutt parried 70 shots, the second highest value in NHL history. Some Bruins players even came to Tugnutt after the game and congratulated him on his outstanding performance.

But after a year as a regular goalkeeper he was back to number 2. In March 1992, he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers . Again, he took on the role of back-up goalie behind Bill Ranford . In June 1993, Tugnutt was selected by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft . After only eight months in Anaheim, he was transferred to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for Stéphan Lebeau , where he stayed for a year and a half. In Montreal in particular, he had little chance of proving himself.

Before the 1995/96 season he signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals , but completed the entire season with their farm team, the Portland Pirates , in the AHL. Tugnutt did a good job as number 1 and reached the Calder Cup final with Portland , but where they were defeated.

His good performance led to the fact that he received a contract in the NHL in 1996 with the Ottawa Senators . With goalkeeping coach Phil Myre he worked on his skills before the 1996/97 season and was able to get the place as number 2 behind Damian Rhodes . The following two years he shared the role of goalkeeper with Rhodes.

In the 1998/99 season he had a goal average of 1.79 in 43 games and a catch rate of 92.5%. These outstanding values ​​and his great achievements led to his being used in the NHL Allstar Game . In the summer of 1999 Damian Rhodes was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft and Tugnutt was now the sole number 1 in Ottawa. He could not build on the performance of the previous year in the 1999/2000 season. In addition, back-up goalie Patrick Lalime impressed with his performance and became a serious competitor for Tugnutt.

During the season, Tugnutt was transferred to an exchange deal for Tom Barrasso with the Pittsburgh Penguins because the Senators wanted an experienced goalie for the play-offs . But with Barrasso, the Senators failed in the first round, while the Penguins with Tugnutt made it to the semifinals of the Eastern Conference . The game against the Philadelphia Flyers on May 4, 2000 was particularly well remembered . Tugnutt was able to save 70 of 72 shots, but the 72nd shot led to the decisive 2-1 for Philadelphia in the fifth overtime. The game lasted 152 minutes and is only exceeded in length by two games from the 1930s. Tugnutt achieved a goal average of 1.77 in eleven games and a catch rate of 94.5%.

His contract expired in the summer of 2000 and due to his excellent performance in the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Ottawa Senators were determined to win him over. But Tugnutt opted for the Columbus Blue Jackets , which had offered him a 4-year contract that should bring him a total of 10 million US dollars. The Blue Jackets were facing their first season in the NHL.

With Tugnutt as the goalkeeper they did not reach the playoffs, but they had a relatively positive start as a newcomer to the league. Tugnutt set a record with 22 wins as the goalkeeper of an NHL newbie. The following season he shared the role as number 1 with Marc Denis . After the season, the management of the Blue Jackets decided that Marc Denis should be the sole goalkeeper of Columbus and Ron Tugnutt was transferred to the Dallas Stars in June 2002 .

He completed the 2002/03 season as Marty Turco's back-up goalie . But when Turco injured Tugnutt temporarily took Turco's post and came to 31 games and four shutouts at the end of the season .

The 2003/04 season was one of the most difficult of his career. From October to January he was only allowed to play three times from the start and was temporarily sent to the AHL so that he could get some match practice. But after five games in the lower league, he pulled his groin and missed several games. In early March he was allowed to play two games in the NHL again, but then had to give way to goalkeeper Turco. But at the end of March Marty Turco was banned from the NHL for four games and Tugnutt got the chance to prove his skills. However, all four games were lost, but this was also due to the fact that several important players were injured.

So far, Dallas was his last stop in his career. Tugnutt has never officially announced that he has retired, but he now works as an ice hockey commentator for the TV station CBC .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Victory cut Conceded goal Shutouts
Regular season 16 539 0.346 3.05 26th
Playoffs 6th 25th 0.360 2.27 3

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personal data
SURNAME Tugnutt, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tugnutt, Ronald Frederick Bradley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario, Canada