In this thread, I will name a guy who I remember

[mikey]

Today's gordle was Brian Hayward.

He played from 1982-1993 and his career best save percentage was .896 and his overall career rate came in at .874 meaning 1 in every 8 shots went in on this cat across 357 games.

I know mikey loves talking about how bad goalies were during a large part of this era. It's funny to see these types of stats at the individual level

Hayward had a stretch of fringe Vezina consideration (4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place finishes, respectively from 1985-1989). Basically every year that he played at least 35 games except for his dreadful 1986 campaign in Winnipeg.

It's also noteworthy that a year after Patrick Roy went on a cinderella run to the Smythe in '86, he was replaced by Hayward after a miserable game 1 of the 1987 Adams Division Final vs rival Quebec. Hayward went the rest of the way and saved the series - Montreal winning in 7. Hayward would run into another young goalie on a hot streak in the Wales Final (see: RIP thread) when they lost to Ron Hextall's Flyers in 6.

In 1988, after getting a 3-0 lead on Hartford in the Adams Division Semi-Final, Roy was unable to close the door on the series. They turned to Hayward again. He won the series and started the next series against Boston (as Cam Neely was a bit of kryptonite for Roy in his career) before giving way to Roy again for the start in game 3. But with Montreal unable to score in the series, they bowed out quickly...

[meow]

Hayward had that sick Sharks mask, did he not?

He did. I was quite - QUITE - disappointed when I was old enough to learn the man behind that bonkers mask was not that good of a keeper

[mikey]

Our old friend Kenny Agostino is about to start an international incident...

[iamjs]

since it's the offseason, time to bump this thread.



www.eliteprospects.com/player/3413/ryan-savoia

Ryan Savoia was one of several former Johnstown Chiefs who made it to the NHL. He had a brief cup of coffee with the Penguins during the 1998-99 season and went pointless in three games. If you do not remember him, it might be because he might hold the lowest TOI average in team history. His ice time across three games late in the season was 7:21...total, or about 2:27 per game. Although he did not last long with the Penguins, Savoia did have a lengthy career in Europe and won a Spengler Cup with Team Canada and was a multiple time champion in Italy's former Serie A hockey league.

I may not remember Ryan Savoia's linemates during his time with the Pens, but I remember Ryan Savoia.

[mikey]

I thought this post was gonna say "Leon Draisaitl"

This name looks vaguely familiar, but I wouldn't have remembered him unprompted...

[dodint]

I thought this post was gonna say "Leon Draisaitl"

This name looks vaguely familiar, but I wouldn't have remembered him unprompted...

Legit thought it was going to be "Denver Barkey."

[Dickie Dunn]

I have zero recollection of that dude, which is crazy because the 98-99 Pens had several scrubs my 12 year old self was very excited about, all of whom deserve a spot in this topic, but my personal favorite was Hobey Baker winner Brian Bonin.

[King Colby]

Calder voting - barkov was 2 and forsling was 3.

[MR25]

Yes, Barkov and Forsling are guys i remember

[Gaucho]

I saw Savoia play for Augsburg once. I think he scored a goal.

[King Colby]

Yes, Barkov and Forsling are guys i remember

[iamjs]

I have zero recollection of that dude, which is crazy because the 98-99 Pens had several scrubs my 12 year old self was very excited about, all of whom deserve a spot in this topic, but my personal favorite was Hobey Baker winner Brian Bonin.

Brian Bonin is a perfect candidate for this thread and was one of two Hobey Baker winners on the 98-99 Pens.

The other Hobey Baker winner? https://www.hockey-reference.com/player ... eki01.html

[iamjs]

Hayward had that sick Sharks mask, did he not?

He did. I was quite - QUITE - disappointed when I was old enough to learn the man behind that bonkers mask was not that good of a keeper

but he did once tell Sean Avery, "I wasn't a terrible player. But how would you know? When I played, you were in your third year of eighth grade.”