Kay Whitmore

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Kay Whitmore
Born (1967-04-10) April 10, 1967 (age 57)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Hartford Whalers
Vancouver Canucks
Boston Bruins
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 26th overall, 1985
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 1987–2002

Kay Whitmore, Jr. (born April 10, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, and Calgary Flames during his career, as well as several teams in the minor American Hockey League and International Hockey League, from 1987 until 2002.

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Hockey career

As a youth, Whitmore played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Greater Sudbury. [1]

In 1983-84, Whitmore joined OHL's Peterborough Petes and went 17-8-0 as a major junior rookie. The following season, he paced the league with 53 games by a goalie and 35 wins. In the playoffs, he went 10-4. In 1985-86, he went 27-12-2 with a league-best three shutouts and 2.77 GAA. At year's end, he was named an OHL First Team All-Star.[ citation needed ]

Whitmore was drafted 26th overall in the 1985 Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers. He played most of his first four professional seasons for Hartford's minor league teams in Binghamton and Springfield, with some spot duty for the Whalers in 1989, 1990 and 1991. In the 1991 American Hockey League season, Whitmore led the Springfield Indians to the franchise's seventh and final Calder Cup, and was named the winner of the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.[ citation needed ]

The following season, Whitmore stuck in the NHL, platooning with Peter Sidorkiewicz in the Whalers' nets but losing his job to Frank Pietrangelo at season's end and in the playoffs.[ citation needed ]

In the 1992 offseason, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Corrie D'Alessio and cash. That season, he played 31 games behind Kirk McLean and helped the Canucks win the Smythe Division season title, going 18-8-4 with a 3.10 GAA. In 1994, he played 32 games and posted an 18-14-0 record. In the playoffs, he helped his team win the Clarence Campbell Bowl in the Western Conference finals before losing to the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals. In the shortened 1994-95 season, Kay played eleven games for the Canucks.[ citation needed ]

His contract expiring thereafter, Whitmore spent the next five seasons in the minor leagues, his most successful season being 1998, when he led the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League into the league semi-finals, as well as winning First Team All-Star accolades.[ citation needed ]

Being traded to the Boston Bruins in 1999 for future considerations, he was recalled from Boston's Providence farm team in the 2000-01 season when Bruins goaltenders Byron Dafoe and John Grahame were both injured. Whitmore, getting his first NHL start in over six years, posted a 5–4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on November 2, 2000. [2] In five games with the Bruins, Whitmore's save percentage stood at .809, and he was sent back down to the minors. The following season Whitmore signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames, but only played in one game for them, seeing most of his action for their American Hockey League farm team, the Saint John Flames. He retired from professional hockey thereafter, save for a three-game playoff stint for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2005.[ citation needed ]

Post playing career

Following his hockey career, Whitmore was the goaltending coach for the Peterborough Petes from 2002-2004. From 2005-2006, Whitmore worked as a studio analyst on the NHL Network's program On the Fly, as well as a guest studio analyst on The NHL on OLN Post Game Report. Whitmore can also be seen as a guest analyst on the Versus Network . [3] Currently, Whitmore is serving as a goaltending supervisor for the NHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLT/OTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1982–83 Sudbury Legionnaires NOHA 43———258010842.51—————————
1983–84 Peterborough Petes OHL 291780147111004.49.858————————
1984–85 Peterborough PetesOHL5335162307717223.35.9011710410205803.41—
1985–86 Peterborough PetesOHL4127122246711432.77.90114858374002.87—
1986–87 Peterborough PetesOHL3614175215911813.28—7333661712.79—
1987–88 Binghamton Whalers AHL 3817154213712133.40.8852021181005.08.873
1988–89 Hartford Whalers NHL 32101801003.33.8962021351004.44.863
1988–89 Binghamton WhalersAHL5621294320024114.52.864————————
1989–90 Hartford WhalersNHL94214422603.53.858————————
1989–90 Binghamton WhalersAHL243192138610904.72.858————————
1990–91 Hartford WhalersNHL183938505203.67.863————————
1990–91 Springfield Indians AHL33229119169813.07.892151149263702.40—
1991–92 Hartford WhalersNHL4514216256715533.62.88010019103.23.800
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks NHL31188418179413.10.890————————
1993–94 Vancouver CanucksNHL3218140192111303.53.867————————
1994–95 Vancouver CanucksNHL110625583703.98.86710020206.00.889
1995–96 Detroit Vipers IHL 103505013303.95.860————————
1995–96 Los Angeles Ice Dogs IHL30109715639913.80.891————————
1995–96 Syracuse Crunch AHL116416633703.35.896————————
1995–96 Binghamton Rangers AHL—————————202127904.27.868
1996–97 Södertälje SK SWE 25———13208503.86.858————————
1997–98 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL4628123251610932.60.89814958384303.08—
1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL1888210804702.61.903————————
1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL23106413046422.95.904————————
1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL4317193239312713.18.89910159202.04.939
2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL51202031805.33.809————————
2000–01 Providence BruinsAHL26138214606522.67.917————————
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL101058303.08.857————————
2001–02 Saint John Flames AHL361016820018302.49.908————————
2004–05 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL —————————3———————
NHL Totals155606416859750843.55.8754021741304.49.865

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