Corey Crawford

Corey Crawford ( born December 31, 1984 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2005 for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League contract.

Career

Corey Crawford was in the second round than a total of 52 players selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 by the Chicago Blackhawks. His career began with the Moncton Wildcats of Canadians from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, for whom he played from 2001 to 2005 a total of four years. For the 2005/ 06 season, the goalkeeper was first included in the squad of the Norfolk Admirals, the former farm team in Chicago, from the American Hockey League. In the same season Crawford made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League in which he was twice for the Blackhawks in goal. In the following season he was five times for Chicago in the NHL in goal and reached there the first time a shutout. For the new AHL farm team the Blackhawks, the Rockford IceHogs, he stood 55 times in the AHL on the ice.

For the season 2008/ 09 he was awarded a new contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, which was later extended again. In the same season he was still choice goalkeeper at the Rockford IceHogs in the AHL. In the NHL playoffs Crawford was born on 24 March 2009 on his first appearance when he replaced Cristobal Huet in the second third of the game. In the following season graduated from Crawford merely an encounter for the Hawks, while he was placed in the farm team in Rockford as a regular force. After the 2010/11 season next Huet Antti Niemi had also left the team, Crawford made ​​this season along with Marty Turco the Torwartduo in Chicago. Crawford, who was scheduled as a back-up of Turco, rose after its unsatisfactory services towards the goalkeeper of the Hawks during the season and posted four shutouts and a catch rate of 91.7 percent. In May 2011, the Blackhawks extended the expiring contract with Crawford to three years until the end of 2013 season / 14th

Awards and achievements

  • 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
  • 2004 QMJHL Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2004 QMJHL Second All-Star Team
  • 2005 QMJHL Second All-Star Team
  • 2011 NHL All- Rookie Team
  • 2013 William M. Jennings Trophy (shared with Ray Emery )
  • 2013 Stanley Cup win with the Chicago Blackhawks
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