Frenchie Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 both Ken Dryden & Mike Palmateer used #29.....Followed by the Leafs' best goalie: FELIX!!!Today it's all about what's available when you get there.One of my favourite young goalies right now wore 28 for most of his Junior Career, got to Rochester: it was taken. So he picked 29 (being from Toronto, I'm sure it wasn't a very big sacrifice.He gets called up to back-up Biron, Pomminville has 29, so he wear 35.I bet there are so many of those stories, where a guy shows up as a rookie, gets assigend a number, and never changes it afterwards.In any case, Great discussion topic.I was just thinking about that this week. @Frenchie_TO Owner of the Rochester Americans of the MLH Owner of the Toronto Frenchies of the GCFHL6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I like it when goalies use non-traditional numbers. Puppa had a good idea.For a while, both Ken Dryden & Mike Palmateer used #29.....so that was a bit of a school-yard trend for us guys growing up in the late '70's.I like Ron Hextall wearing #27.....again, because it's out-of-the-box.Belfour had a connection with Tretiak, as Vlad was his goalies-coach in Chicago. That's why Eddie wears #20, in tribute.I'd like to see a goalie wear #32, or #37 (Steve Penney already did that). Maybe something in the 40's or even a #25.irbe wore 32... kolzig wears 37... and i've seen SEVERAL goalies with numbers in the 40's... lalime, mike smith, giguere, thibault, biron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfoster Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I've got a game-worn Vincent Riendeau Red Wings that's #37...Roydon Gunn (minor leaguer) wore .45 while in Memphis. I think one of his jerseys is in the HoF.Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesharps Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Here's a couple of one-off oddities :When Felix Potvin was traded to the NY Islanders, he wore #50 for that game (he didn't play), but switched to #28 for the rest of his tenure on the island.The Canadiens dressed an emergency backup a couple years ago called Olivier Michaud, who was actually pressed into service against the Oilers. Michaud wore #95, which I think is probably the highest number ever worn by an NHL goalie.The lowest would be 00, which was worn by John Davidson, as well as Martin Biron in his early days in Buffalo (the blue and gold era), as well as Eddie Belfour in the 1993 All Star Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickNickNick Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Kelly Hrudey also wore 32.The inverted number thing is common.Puppa wore 39 in Buffalo, couldn't wear it in Tampa, because of Enrico Ciccone, he wore 93.Hextall wore 27 in Philly and Quebec, couldn't wear it in Long Island because of Derek King, wore 72.Khabibulan wore 35 in Tampa, 53 in Chicago (last year, anyway).And other unusual numbers include J Thibault (41) and Jose Theodore (60), Norm Maracle (38). Spoiler  New York Rangers. Stanley Cup Champions - 1928, 1933, 1940, 1994. Saskatchewan. Cold. 1905-2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 #20 would kind of make sense, to me at least.12 forwards6 defence2 goaliesIf you were the backup, #20 would be your "position" on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahockeyrube Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 America's finestSilent Bob Esche #42Rick DiPietro #39John Grahame #47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Khabibulan wore 35 in Tampa, 53 in Chicago (last year, anyway).He also wore 53 at an ASG, IIRC. FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWG44 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I wear #44, then again I'm a over-aged, lowly men's league keeper... HAHAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogbarks55 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Former Maple Leafs goaltender Ed "Easy Ed" Chadwick wore sweater number 20 for the Blue & White in the 1950s when Tretiak was still a little babushka back in Minsk (or wherever he's from in Russia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I'd like to see a goalie wear #32Ever hear of Kari Lehtonen?And Patrick Lalime wore #40And who can forget #80, Kevin Weekes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWG44 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 vanbiesbrouck wore 34my personal favorite: pang wore 40theodore wears 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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