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- Birth nameTerrance Gordon Sawchuk
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Terry Sawchuk is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers Hockey Team. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy in four different seasons, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his final season, one of only ten players ever for whom the three year waiting period was waived.
At the time of his death, Sawchuk was the all-time leader among NHL goaltenders with 447 wins and with 103 shutouts. In the many decades following his death, his wins record has been surpassed by only five goaltenders, and his shutouts record has been surpassed by one goaltender, though Sawchuk will forever remain the all-time leader in wins and shutouts by goaltenders who played in the Original Six era. In 2017 Sawchuk was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- SpousePatricia Ann Bowman Morey(August 6, 1953 - 1969) (divorced, 7 children)
- He had become a U.S. citizen in 1959.
- First ever goaltender to record 100 career regular-season shutouts (1967).
- In 1996, the book Shutout: The Legend of Terry Sawchuk by sports author Brian Kendall, was published.
- Inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
- A second book Sawchuk: The troubles and triumphs of the World's Greatest Goalie was published in 1998 by David Dupuis, with the participation of the Sawchuk family.
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