Trivia

Edmonton Oilers' first-round draft choice (eighth overall) in 1981.

Won five Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)

Wife: Lisa. Children: Janine, Rochelle, RJ & Kendyl.

Won 400th regular-season game. (October 22, 1999)

Announced his retirement. Fuhr played with Edmonton, Toronto, Buffalo, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Calgary during his 19-year career. (September 6, 2000)

Awarded the William Jennings Trophy in 1993 for allowing the fewest goals in the regular season.

Won the Vezina Award in 1988.

His best season as a goalie was in 1987 when he accumulated a league-leading 4,304 minutes played and 40 wins.

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003 as its first African-American member.

NHL First All-Star Team (1988); NHL Second All-Star Team (1982).

Played for the Edmonton Oilers (1981-1991), Toronto Maple Leafs (1991-1993), Buffalo Sabres (1993-1995), St. Louis Blues (1995-1999) and Calgary Flames (1999-2000).

Suspended for one year for substance abuse, the second-longest drug-related suspension in NHL history. Fuhr was reinstated on 4 February 1991 (27 September 1990).

Given up for adoption at 13 days old. Fuhr, the product of an inter-racial relationship, was adopted and raised by a white couple.

Pictured on one of six 50-cent Canadian postage stamps honoring NHL All-Stars, issued in a souvenir sheet on 29 January 2005. Others honored are Henri Richard, Bryan Trottier, Johnny Bucyk, Allan Stanley, and Pierre Pilote.

Wayne Gretzky said in his biography, if he had to play in one game, where he had to put up everything he owned, he would want Fuhr to be his goaltender.

Holds NHL record for most assists in a single season by a goaltender - 14 in 1983-84.

Fuhr was also inducted in the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

In 2015, Fuhr collaborated on his biography with Bruce Dowbiggin, Grant Fuhr: Portrait of a Champion.

In the mid-1970s, Fuhr played for the Enoch Tomahawks' hockey team. Fuhr's mother came from Enoch Cree Nation.

Holds NHL record for longest undefeated streak by a goaltender in his first NHL season - 23 in 1981-82.

Shares NHL record for most wins in a single season postseason - 16 in 1988.

Most assists and points by a goaltender regular season and playoffs combined - 61.

Holds NHL record for most games played by a goaltender in a single season - 79 in 1995-96.

He was adopted by parents Betty Wheeler and Robert Fuhr and raised in Spruce Grove, Alberta.

Holds NHL record for most consecutive appearances in a single season by a goaltender - 76 in 1996.

Fuhr was a regular competitor at the American Century Championship, an annual competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and entertainment celebrities.