Dave Kerr
Encyclopedia
David Alexander Kerr was a Canadian NHL
goaltender who played for the Montreal Maroons
, New York Americans
and New York Rangers
in 1930 with the Montreal AAA
senior men's team. The next season was his first in the NHL, playing for the Montreal Maroons
. The next season he played in the IHL and after that played two more for the Maroons.
On December 14, 1934, Kerr was acquired by the Rangers. It is with the Rangers where he is most notable for playing. He played six seasons for them, becoming the Rangers first regular goalie. He led New York to a Stanley Cup
victory in 1939-40
. That year, because of his 1.54 GAA
and eight shutouts he was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team and won the Vezina Trophy
. In 1937-38, Kerr was selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team.
The Toronto born Kerr was extremely popular with the fans, in part because he was as agile as a ballet dancer. He loved to do the splits to take away the entire lower part of the net.
Kerr was very durable goalie, missing only ten games in eight seasons from 1933-34 to 1940-41.
Kerr was the first hockey player to grace the cover of Time Magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.
In 2009, he was ranked No. 19 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons
, 2009).
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
goaltender who played for the Montreal Maroons
Montreal Maroons
The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...
, New York Americans
New York Americans
The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals...
and New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
Playing career
He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the Allan CupAllan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
in 1930 with the Montreal AAA
Montreal AAA
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA...
senior men's team. The next season was his first in the NHL, playing for the Montreal Maroons
Montreal Maroons
The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...
. The next season he played in the IHL and after that played two more for the Maroons.
On December 14, 1934, Kerr was acquired by the Rangers. It is with the Rangers where he is most notable for playing. He played six seasons for them, becoming the Rangers first regular goalie. He led New York to a Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
victory in 1939-40
1940 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1940 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. New York would win the series 4–2 to win their third Stanley Cup. The Rangers would not win another for 54 years.-Paths to the Final:...
. That year, because of his 1.54 GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
and eight shutouts he was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team and won the Vezina Trophy
Vezina Trophy
The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team...
. In 1937-38, Kerr was selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team.
The Toronto born Kerr was extremely popular with the fans, in part because he was as agile as a ballet dancer. He loved to do the splits to take away the entire lower part of the net.
Kerr was very durable goalie, missing only ten games in eight seasons from 1933-34 to 1940-41.
Kerr was the first hockey player to grace the cover of Time Magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.
In 2009, he was ranked No. 19 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
, 2009).
Awards and achievements
- Allan CupAllan CupThe Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
(1930) - Vezina TrophyVezina TrophyThe Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team...
(19401939-40 NHL season-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points-Leading goaltenders:Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = ShutoutsPlayoffs-Playoff scoring...
) - NHL First All-Star TeamNHL All-Star TeamThe NHL All-Star Teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position.Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the All-Star Team at the end of the regular season.The career leaders in citations are...
goalie (1940) - NHL Second All-Star Team goalie (1938)
- Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
(19401940 Stanley Cup FinalsThe 1940 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. New York would win the series 4–2 to win their third Stanley Cup. The Rangers would not win another for 54 years.-Paths to the Final:...
) - In 2009, he was ranked No. 19 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
, 2009).
Regular season
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-30 | Montreal AAA Montreal AAA Montreal Amateur Athletic Association is Canada's oldest athletic association, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was renamed as the Club Sportif MAA or just MAA in 1999 after a brush with bankruptcy, but is still widely known as the MAAA... |
MCHL | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 540 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 |
| 1929-30 | Montreal CPR | MCHL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 540 | 10 | 3 | 1.11 |
| 1930-31 1930-31 NHL season -NHL awards:Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the fourth consecutive year. Roy Worters won the Vezina Trophy for the one and only time in his career.-All-Star teams:... |
Montreal Maroons Montreal Maroons The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
29 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1769 | 70 | 1 | 2.37 |
| 1931-32 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2140 | 68 | 6 | 1.91 |
| 1931-32 1931-32 NHL season -NHL awards:Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Joe Primeau won the Lady Byng, the one time he would win the trophy in his career... |
New York Americans New York Americans The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| 1932-33 1932-33 NHL season -NHL awards:It was the first season that league president Frank Calder named the best rookie of the year. The first winner was Carl Voss of the Detroit Red Wings... |
Montreal Maroons | NHL | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1520 | 58 | 4 | 2.29 |
| 1932-33 | Philadelphia Arrows Philadelphia Arrows The Philadelphia Arrows were a professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1927, the club was Philadelphia's first professional hockey team and played in the Canadian-American Hockey League. The team changed its name to the Philadelphia Ramblers beginning... |
Can-Am Canadian-American Hockey League The Canadian-American Hockey League, popularly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional ice hockey league that operated from 1926 to 1936. It was a direct ancestor of the American Hockey League.... |
16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1020 | 31 | 2 | 1.81 |
| 1933-34 1933-34 NHL season -NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:... |
Montreal Maroons | NHL | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 3060 | 122 | 6 | 2.39 |
| 1934-35 1934-35 NHL season -NHL awards:Eddie Shore won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the seventh and final time in his career, and his third consecutive time... |
New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the... |
NHL | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2990 | 94 | 4 | 2.46 |
| 1935-36 1935-36 NHL season -NHL awards:Eddie Shore won his second consecutive Hart trophy. Frank Boucher's run of seven Lady Byng trophy awards came to an end as Doc Romnes won the award... |
New York Rangers | NHL | 47 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 2980 | 95 | 8 | 1.91 |
| 1936-37 1936-37 NHL season -NHL awards:The "Rookie of the Year" award now had a trophy, the Calder Trophy, for the first time.-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:... |
New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3020 | 106 | 4 | 2.11 |
| 1937-38 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 2960 | 96 | 8 | 1.95 |
| 1938-39 1938-39 NHL season The 1938–39 NHL season was the 22nd season of the National Hockey League . Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one in the final series.-League business:... |
New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 2970 | 105 | 6 | 2.12 |
| 1939-40 1939-40 NHL season -NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points-Leading goaltenders:Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = ShutoutsPlayoffs-Playoff scoring... |
New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3000 | 77 | 8 | 1.54 |
| 1940-41 1940-41 NHL season -NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Leading goaltenders:... |
New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3010 | 125 | 2 | 2.49 |
| NHL totals | 427 | 203 | 148 | 75 | 26,139 | 954 | 51 | 2.15 | ||
Playoffs
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-30 | Montreal AAA | MCHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 1929-30 | Montreal CPR | MCHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| 1929-30 | Montreal AAA | A-Cup Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:... |
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 610 | 5 | 5 | 0.49 |
| 1930-31 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
| 1932-33 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| 1933-34 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 7 | 1 | 1.75 |
| 1934-35 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 |
| 1936-37 | New York Rangers | NHL | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 553 | 10 | 4 | 1.08 |
| 1937-38 | New York Rangers | NHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 262 | 8 | 0 | 1.83 |
| 1938-39 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 1.01 |
| 1939-40 | New York Rangers | NHL | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 770 | 20 | 3 | 1.56 |
| 1940-41 | New York Rangers | NHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6 | 0 | 1.88 |
| NHL totals | 40 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2616 | 76 | 8 | 1.74 | ||
External links
- http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/alumnispotlight.asp?Alumni=Kerr