Jon Casey

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Jon Casey
Born (1962-03-29) March 29, 1962 (age 63)
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Minnesota North Stars
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 19841998

Jonathon James Casey (born March 29, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars, Boston Bruins, and St. Louis Blues from 1984 to 1997.

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Early life

Jon Casey was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to James and Colleen Casey. He is the second of four children. He played college hockey for the University of North Dakota from 1980 to 1984 and was part of two NCAA National Championship teams, in 1980 and 1982.

Playing career

Casey spent most of his career with the Minnesota North Stars. In 1989-90, Casey tied Patrick Roy and Daren Puppa for the league lead in wins with 31. In 1993, he was a part of the Campbell Conference's roster at the 44th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Casey would also spend time with the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.

Casey is best remembered for two famous moments when he was scored upon. The first, when Mario Lemieux split two North Stars defensemen (Neil Wilkinson and Shawn Chambers) and scored past Casey in Game 2 of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals. The second came in the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs when Steve Yzerman scored the game-winning goal in 2OT of Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals with a long shot from the blue line.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1978–79 Grand Rapids High School HS-MN
1979–80Grand Rapids High SchoolHS-MN
1980–81 University of North Dakota WCHA 53103001903.80.872
1981–82 University of North DakotaWCHA18153010384812.77.908
1982–83 University of North DakotaWCHA1796210204202.51.923
1983–84 North Dakota Fighting SiouxWCHA3725102218011523.13.910
1983–84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 210084604.29.898
1984–85 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 4630114264611642.63.90813836893803.31
1985–86 Minnesota North StarsNHL261111113979103.91.884
1985–86 Springfield Indians AHL94314643003.88.879
1986–87 Springfield IndiansAHL131807705604.36.873
1986–87 Indianapolis Checkers IHL 3114150179413304.45.865
1987–88 Minnesota North StarsNHL141746614103.72.882
1987–88 Kalamazoo Wings IHL4224135254115423.647333822604.08
1988–89 Minnesota North StarsNHL55181712296115113.06.9004132111604.54.868
1989–90 Minnesota North StarsNHL6131224340718333.22.8967344152113.04.904
1990–91 Minnesota North StarsNHL55212011318515832.98.8912314712056113.04.893
1991–92 Minnesota North StarsNHL5219235291116523.40.8827344372203.02.902
1992–93 Minnesota North StarsNHL6026265347619333.33.885
1993–94 Boston Bruins NHL5730159319215342.88.88111566983402.92.890
1994–95 St. Louis Blues NHL197548724002.75.90020130204.00.800
1995–96 St. Louis BluesNHL92303952503.80.86112667473612.89.905
1995–96 Peoria Rivermen IHL4321192251412833.05.887
1996–97 St. Louis BluesNHL153807074003.39.866
1996–97 Worcester IceCats AHL42112451002.45.916
1997–98 Kansas City Blades IHL24913213406222.78.903
NHL totals4251701575523,2521246163.22.888663231374319233.08.895

International

YearTeamEventGPWLTMINGASOGAA
1982 United States WJC 51202191504.11
1990 United States WC 64203341502.69
Junior totals51202191504.11
Senior totals64203341502.69

"Casey's stats". The Goaltender Home Page. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA First Team 1981–82 [1]
All-WCHA Second Team 1982–83 [1]
All-WCHA First Team 1983–84 [1]
AHCA West First-Team All-American 1983–84 [2]

Transactions

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
1984–85
Succeeded by