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George Henry Hainsworth (June 26, 1893 – October 9, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

George Hainsworth
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1961
Born	(1893-06-26)June 26, 1893 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	October 9, 1950(1950-10-09) (aged 57) Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs Saskatoon Sheiks
Playing career	1926–1937

Personal

Hainsworth was born in the Kew Beach area of Toronto in 1893.[1] His parents, John Hainsworth and Mary James, were both from England.[2] Hainsworth's family moved to Berlin, Ontario, where his father was a water commissioner for many years.[3] Previously, his father had worked as a plumber in Toronto. He also owned a plumbing retail business, Hainsworth Plumbing, in Berlin.[2]

After his playing days were over, Hainsworth returned to Berlin (now named Kitchener) with his wife Alma and son Bill. Bill played goaltender, like his father, and played in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) as a junior and later as a senior player but never a professional.[4]

Playing career

Hainsworth played junior hockey for the Berlin Union Jacks then moved up to senior hockey with the Berlin City Seniors and the Kitchener Greenshirts.[4] Hainsworth won the Allan Cup, as senior amateur champions of Canada, with the Kitchener Greenshirts in 1918. One of the games he played for Kitchener against the Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club in the 1923 OHA playoffs was the first game that Foster Hewitt broadcast. By the end of the 1922–23 season, Hainsworth had played five seasons for the Greenshirts. At that time, Newsy Lalonde, manager of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) Saskatoon Crescents, needed a goalie. On the recommendation of Montreal Canadiens' part-owner Leo Dandurand, Lalonde signed Hainsworth to a pro contract of $2,500 per season with Saskatoon. Hainsworth played three seasons with Saskatoon before he was signed by Dandurand to play goal for Montreal in 1926. The Western league was in the process of folding, and Dandurand signed Hainsworth to a $6,500 per year contract before Toronto claimed him from the Western league players who were en masse moving to the National Hockey League (NHL).[3] Dandurand had to pay $5,000 to Saskatoon for the rights to Hainsworth.[4]

There was a need for a top goaltender in Montreal. Georges Vezina, the Canadiens goaltender, had recently died of tuberculosis. Vezina had played every game in team history from the 1910–11 NHA season until the opening game of the 1925–26 NHL season, when the illness proved too much for him. In his memory, the team decided to create the Vezina Trophy for the team goaltender(s) who allowed the least goals in the NHL.

Hainsworth proved up to the challenge by winning the Vezina Trophy for the 1926–27, 1927–28 and 1928–29 NHL seasons. In 1928–29, he set an all-time record with 22 shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average while playing all 44 games.[5] In 1930 he set an NHL record that still stands, going 270 minutes and 8 seconds without allowing a goal during the playoffs for the Canadiens. He backstopped the Canadiens to back to back Stanley Cups in 1930 and 1931. Hainsworth served as the Canadiens' captain during 1932–33, becoming the second of only eight goalies to serve as an NHL team's captain.

Hainsworth was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1933 for Lorne Chabot in a move by Dandurand to land another French-Canadian on his roster and boost attendance.[3] He helped the Maple Leafs reach the 1935 Stanley Cup Final. In 1936, Turk Broda won the goaltender job for Toronto, and Leaf manager Conn Smythe gave Hainsworth his outright release on November 25, 1936.[6] Hainsworth retired, but was persuaded to join the Canadiens again after goaltender Wilf Cude was injured.[7] He played four more games for the Montreal Canadiens, from December 12 to 20, 1936, before retiring for good.[8][9]

Post career

In 1936, Hainsworth became a radio inspector with Dominion Electrohome Ltd. During World War II, he was a member of Kitchener's civil defence guard. In 1949, he was elected to Kitchener's city council.[10]

Hainsworth died in a head-on collision between his car and a light panel truck near Gravenhurst, Ontario, on Monday, October 9, 1950.[11] Hainsworth was pronounced dead at the scene from several broken ribs which punctured his heart. Hainsworth was returning home from Val D'Or, Quebec, where he and his wife had visited their son Bill.[10] He was 55. His funeral was held October 13 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Kitchener and the burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery.[12]

Awards and achievements

• Vezina Trophy (1927, 1928, 1929)
• Stanley Cup Championship (1930, 1931)
• The Captains Cup (1933)
• Played in the 1934 NHL All-Star Game[13]
• In 1998, he was ranked number 46 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 greatest hockey players.
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.[11]
• Inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.[14]

Records

• He is third all-time in professional (including both NHL and WCHL/WHL) shutouts with 104.
• His 94 career NHL shutouts are third on the NHL's all-time list behind Martin Brodeur's 125 and Terry Sawchuk's 103.
• Has the second lowest career goals against average in the NHL with 1.93, behind Alex Connell's 1.91.
• Holds the NHL single-season shutout record with 22 shutouts in 1928–29.
• Holds the NHL single-season goals against average record with 0.92 in 1928–29.
• Holds the NHL single-playoffs record of time in net without allowing a goal, at 270 minutes and 8 seconds, in 1929-30.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season									Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA		GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA
1910–11	Berlin Mavericks	Minor-ON		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1911–12	Berlin Union Jacks	OHA Jr		4	3	1	0	240	13	0	3.25		6	2	3	1	360	30	0	5.00
1912–13	Berlin City Seniors	OHA Sr		4	3	1	0	240	12	1	3.00		8	4	3	1	480	35	1	4.38
1913–14	Berlin City Seniors	OHA Sr		7	7	0	0	420	11	0	1.57		9	7	1	1	590	31	1	3.15
1914–15	Berlin City Seniors	OHA Sr		5	5	0	0	300	9	1	1.80		4	2	1	1	240	19	1	4.75
1915–16	Berlin City Seniors	OHA Sr		8	8	0	0	480	18	1	2.85		4	2	2	0	280	18	0	3.86
1916–17	Kitchener Kew Beach	TIHL		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		9	9	0	0	540	31	0	3.44		5	3	1	1	298	10	1	2.01
1918–19	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		9	5	3	1	570	28	0	2.95		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1919–20	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		8	6	2	0	480	16	1	2.00		2	0	1	1	150	6	0	2.40
1920–21	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		10	7	3	0	600	22	3	2.20		1	0	1	0	60	6	0	6.00
1921–22	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		10	3	7	0	600	38	1	3.80		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1922–23	Kitchener Greenshirts	OHA Sr		12	8	4	0	720	32	1	2.67		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1923–24	Saskatoon Crescents	WCHL		30	15	12	3	1849	73	4	2.37		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1924–25	Saskatoon Crescents	WCHL		28	16	11	1	1700	75	2	2.65		2	0	1	1	120	6	0	3.00
1925–26	Saskatoon Sheiks	WHL		30	18	11	1	1812	64	4	2.12		2	0	1	1	129	4	0	1.86
1926–27	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		44	28	14	2	2739	67	14	1.47		4	1	1	2	252	6	1	1.43
1927–28	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		44	26	11	7	2730	48	13	1.05		2	0	1	1	128	3	0	1.41
1928–29	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		44	22	7	15	2800	43	22	0.92		3	0	3	0	180	5	0	1.67
1929–30*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		42	20	13	9	2680	108	4	2.42		6	5	0	1	480	6	3	0.75
1930–31*	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		44	26	10	8	2740	89	8	1.95		10	6	4	0	722	21	2	1.75
1931–32	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		48	25	16	7	3008	110	6	2.20		4	1	3	0	300	13	0	2.60
1932–33	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		48	18	25	5	2980	115	8	2.32		2	0	1	1	120	8	0	4.00
1933–34	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	26	13	9	3010	119	3	2.37		5	2	3	0	302	11	0	2.19
1934–35	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	30	14	4	2957	111	8	2.25		7	3	4	0	461	12	2	1.57
1935–36	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	23	19	6	3000	106	8	2.12		9	4	5	0	541	27	0	2.99
1936–37	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		3	0	2	1	190	9	0	2.84		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1936–37	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		4	2	1	1	270	12	0	2.67		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
WCHL totals				88	49	34	5	5361	212	10	2.37		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				465	246	144	74	29,104	937	94	1.93		52	22	25	5	3484	112	8	1.93

* Stanley Cup Champion.

Bibliography

• Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
• George Hainsworth's statistics and bio at Hockeygoalies.org

Preceded by Sylvio Mantha	Montreal Canadiens captain 1932–33	Succeeded by Sylvio Mantha
Preceded by New Award	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1927, 1928, 1929	Succeeded by Cecil Thompson

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[de] George Hainsworth

George Hainsworth (* 26. Juni 1895 in Toronto, Ontario; † 9. Oktober 1950) war ein kanadischer Eishockeytorwart, der von 1926 bis 1937 für die Montréal Canadiens und Toronto Maple Leafs in der National Hockey League spielte.

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[ru] Хэйнсуорт, Джордж

Джордж Ге́нри Хэ́йнсуорт (англ. George Henry Hainsworth; 26 июня 1895, Торонто, Онтарио — 9 октября 1950, Грэйвенхёрст, Онтарио) — бывший канадский профессиональный хоккеист, вратарь клубов НХЛ «Монреаль Канадиенс» и «Торонто Мэйпл Лифс». Входит в список 100 лучших игроков НХЛ по версии журнала The Hockey News.

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