Biography

August 5, 1935 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

Signed to five-game amateur tryout contract by NY Rangers following 1960 Winter Olympic Games, March 2, 1960. Traded to LA Blades (WHL) by NY Rangers for cash, October 2, 1962. Claimed by Chicago from LA Blades (WHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 4, 1963. Traded to LA Blades (WHL) by Chicago for cash, January, 1965. Traded to San Francisco (WHL) by LA Blades (WHL) for Paul Jackson, June, 1965. NHL rights transferred to California after owners of San Francisco (WHL) franchise granted expansion team, April 6, 1966. Claimed by San Diego (WHL) from Oakland in Reverse Draft, June 13, 1968. Selected by Minnesota (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

Named Best Goaltender at Olympic Games (1960).

Inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.

Spearheaded the U.S. Olympic hockey team to gold at the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California. Playing before partisan crowds, the underdog United States team upset Canada, the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia to capture America's first gold medal in hockey.