Grant Fuhr
Grant Fuhr was born on September 28, 1962. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Grant Fuhr
Grant Scott Fuhr (fyoo-er; born September 28, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 19 seasons as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL), 10 of them for the Edmonton Oilers, with whom he won five Stanley Cup championships in 14 postseason campaigns. He also won the Canada Cup two times with Canada, his first as the backup goaltender for the team in 1984, and his second as the starting goaltender in 1987 as well as finishing second in the World Championships in 1989. Fuhr is widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders of his era. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2017, he was named by the league as one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players". Fuhr holds select NHL and franchise records among goaltenders; he ranks as the leader in most games played by a goaltender in a single season (79) and most assists and points by a goaltender in regular season and playoffs combined (61). His rookie season saw go on an undefeated streak of 23 straight games without a loss. In his first eight seasons as a goaltender, Fuhr won 211 games as the starting goaltender for four Stanley Cup championships while winning the Vezina Trophy in the 1987–88 season (which saw him play a then-record 75 games) and being selected to the NHL All-Star Game six times. Injuries limited Fuhr in the 1989–90 season to where he missed the entire playoff run that saw the Oilers win the Cup for the fifth time. Amidst personal issues, Fuhr was traded in 1991 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he spent the following two seasons before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres midway through the 1992–93 season. He shared the William M. Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest number of goals in the 1993–94 season. He spent the following six seasons with three further teams, most notably with the St. Louis Blues, where he played a record 79 games as goaltender in the 1995–96 season. He concluded his career in the 1999–2000 season with the Calgary Flames, where he became the sixth goaltender to win 400 games. Fuhr had only three seasons where he posted more losses than wins. A trailblazing player for his generation with fearless athleticism, Fuhr was the first Black ice hockey player to win the Stanley Cup and the first inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. After retiring, Fuhr served as a goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2000 to 2002 and Arizona Coyotes from 2004 to 2010.