Hockey Hall of Celebrity Member Ken Driden dies at 78

Gollie Ken Driden # 29 CAN Montreal Candiens has leaned on her goalkeeper in NHL NUGBER AGAINST NEW YORKA Rangers Circa 1973. at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo Bruce Bennett Studios via Getti Images Studios / Getty Images)

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Trailblazer on ice and ice, Ken Driden died at the age of 78 years.

Champion of six-craft Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens, his former team announced his passage On Friday night.

“Ken Driden was an exceptional athletes, but he was also an exceptional man,” he said that Friday on Friday on Friday on Friday in the statement. “Behind the mask was bigger than life … Ken embodied the best of everything about everything, about being Montreal Canadiens, and his legacy in our society overcomes our sport.”

Born in Hamilton, Ontario 1947. years and built in the suburban Toronto, Dried took unconventional access to his hockey career from the beginning. Instead of playing Major Junior like most Canadian perspectives, he was elected to continue schooling at the Faculty at Cornell University.

After originally compiled by Boston Bruins in the 1964 amateur draft. Year, his rights were spotted in Canadian days later. But Driden did not join Montreal until late in the 1970. -77 – after earning three first all-year-old teams honor with a large red and playing with the Canadian national team 1969-70.

When Dried turned at 23. year, he spent most of his first year with AHL’s Montreal Voyageur before he hired a late-season call by Canadia. After moving undefeated in six regular seasonal games, he became the current Backstoping Montreal to Stanley Cup from 1971. years – and conquired CONN Smitha Trophy as a playoffs.

“It’s almost incomprehensible to believe that it achieved that year before To win Calder Memorial Trophy as the best sign of league 1971-72, “said NHL Commissioner Gari Bettman in a statement in Statement on Friday night.

Next year, Dreden’s 2.24 naked – anti-average and .930 saves the percentage through a massive workload of 64 games, earned it to these deadlines in the year. But the Canadians fell in six games on the new York Rangers in the first round of the post-season.

It was a rare mistake for Driden, who retired in 1979. year with six Stanley Cups in his eight NHL season played – running unthinkable in today’s league.

But even with all your success on ice, Dried remained faithful to their needs. Unsatisfied with the prospects of contracts after 1973. won in his second cup, chose to take a year and finish his current degree before returning to Canadiens for the 1974-75 season. Canadians then won four straight cups before his Retirement in 1979. yearsat 31. years. By 31. It also earned five rose trophies in its seven inactive seasons.

The Dried was 1983. handed in the hockey hall of Slave, as soon as he was eligible. His number 29 retired in 2007. years.

After hanging his skates, Dried continued to have a significant impact on hockey. His book from 1983. year, “Game” was the front-time exhibition of life behind the scenes, filled with thoughtful analysis and anecdotes. He followed other books about sports.

Dryden Also Returned to Hockey In a Management Role, Serving As The President of the Toronto Maple Leafs for Six Seasons Between As a Member of Parliament for Canada’s Liberal Party Between 2004 And 2011, including Two Years as Minister of Social Development From 2004-06.

Its mask colored Bullseye and the signature is invited to his rod during time abolishing some of the most beautiful pictures of his era and a dry success on ice Canadian is practically unpleasant. His legacy lives today Within the organizationAnd his role as a spokesman in the game of hockey as a whole was a kind. On Friday, the sport lost a giant.

The Drive family is currently looking for privacy. On their proposal, those who want to treat the memory of Ken Driden was encouraged to donate a donation to Cancerget Cancert Cancer, or the founders for the care.