Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina (January 21, 1887 – March 27, 1926) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in 327 consecutive regular season games and a further 39 playoff games for the Montreal Canadiens between 1910 and 1925. He helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 1916 and 1924, while reaching the Cup Finals three more times. In 1918 he became the first NHL goaltender to both record a shutout and earn an assist on a goal. He was one of the original nine inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, and in 2017 he was included on the NHL’s top 100 list of all-time greats.
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Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina (January 21, 1887 – March 27, 1926) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in 327 consecutive regular season games and a further 39 playoff games for the Montreal Canadiens between 1910 and 1925. He helped the team win the Stanley Cup in 1916 and 1924, while reaching the Cup Finals three more times. In 1918 he became the first NHL goaltender to both record a shutout and earn an assist on a goal. He allowed the fewest goals in the league seven times in his career: four in the NHA and three in the NHL. In 2017 the NHL included him on their list of the 100 greatest players in league history. After his death, it was reported that he had fathered 22 children, including three sets of triplets, and they were all born in the space of nine years. In his hometown of Chicoutimi, the sports arena is named the Centre Georges-VéZina in his honour. He was one of the original nine inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945, and in 2017 he was included on the NHL’s top 100 list of all-time greats. He died of tuberculosis in 1926, and was buried in Montreal. His funeral was held on March 26, 1926, at the Stade du Centre-Université de L’Isle-de-Lizard, where he had been a member of the hockey team since 1910.
He is buried in the same grave as his brother Pierre. He had two sons with his wife, Marie-Adélaïde-Stella Morin, and a second son with his second wife, Jean-Jules, born the night of the Canadiens’ first Stanley Cup win in 1916. He also had a daughter, Marcel Stanley, who he named after the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup winner in 1924. His son Marcel Stanley was born on February 17, 1910, and named after his father’s old friend Marcel Stanley. In 1910 he was signed to a contract for C$800 per season, and made his professional debut against the Ottawa Senators on December 31, 1910. The following season he led the league in goals allowed with a record of eight wins and eight losses, while allowing a few goals against. He would play in all 16 games in the 1910–11 season, finishing with a league record of 16 wins and 16 losses. In 1925 he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and died in Montreal on March 27. He left the game early during a game in 1925 due to illness, and later died of the disease in 1926. He became known as the “Chicoutimi Cucumber” for his calm composure while in goal. His brother Pierre also played for the Canadiens in 1910 and 1911. In 1917, he was the first Montreal Canadiens player to play in the National Hockey Association (NHA)
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