This week
history was
made in
Toronto
Canada. Home
of the Maple
Leafs and
the Hockey
Hall of
Fame.
Grant Fuhr
from Spuce
Grove,
Alberta,
Canada was
inducted
into the
Hockey Hall
of Fame on
June 12,
2003. He was
voted the 11th
best goalie
out of 100
by a panel
of hockey
experts in
the hockey
meetings in
New York
City two
years ago.
He has won
two Vezina
Trophies
(best goalie
for that
year) and
played goal
with the
Canada Cup
All-Star
Team in
1987.
Fuhr still
holds the
record for
most points
scored by a
goalie 14 in
one season,
most wins in
the post
season 16,
and the
single
season
record for
most
consecutive
appearances
76, how
could Grant
lose with
number 99 on
your team?
Grant Fuhr
tended net
for the run
and gun
Edmonton
Oilers
hockey team
in their
glory days
1981-91. A
team that
just
outscored
it’s
opponent to
win. Grant
had to be on
his game,
every game,
because the
Oilers did
not believe
in defense.
Fuhr was the
last stop
before the
net and he
had a very
unique style
of defending
Edmonton’s
goal. He
would slide
back as far
as his body
could go
without
crossing the
goal line.
Thus giving
goal scorers
very little
to shot at,
the only
hole a
shooter had
was the five
hole. For
you
non-hockey
fans that is
the opening
between the
goalie's
legs and
goal stick.
Most
butterfly
goalies
leave this
hole open
and close it
at the last
second to
stop the
puck.
Fuhr has won
four Lord
Stanley’s
Cup with
“The Great
One”, Wayne
Gretzky and
Mark
Messier. He
has been in
five
National
Hockey
League
All-Star
Games and
has been
named on the
all stars
first team
four times.
Grant Fuhr
played for
19 years. 10
years with
the Super
Champion
Oilers
before
moving on to
the Toronto
Maple Leafs.
Grant was
suspended
for
admitting to
using drugs
in his days
in Canada
with the
Leafs and
Oilers. He
moved on to
play for the
Buffalo
Sabers
taking this
team to the
playoffs for
the first
time in many
years, then
it was off
to Saint
Louis and
the Blues
making them
a threat in
the playoffs
again and
last the
Calgary
Flames in
1990-2000.
African
Americans
should take
their hat
off to this
fine
brother. I
know I will
never forget
his
kick-style
saves in
goal, number
31 has made
history
