Al Jensen
Allan Raymond " Al " Jensen ( born November 27, 1958 in Hamilton, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played from 1980 to 1987 for the Detroit Red Wings, Washington Capitals and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.
Career
During his junior time Jensen played with the Hamilton Fincups in the OHL. The team was very much occupied with players like Dale McCourt, Al Secord and Willie Huber and won the Memorial Cup. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 it chose the Detroit Red Wings in the second round as the 31st of. He was traded in advance as the best goalkeeper in Draft and was selected as the first goalkeeper.
His first stop in the professional sector were the Kalamazoo Wings IHL and the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL, where he was able to convince. In the season 1980/81 he came to a use at Red Wings, but he had to accept this seven goals. For the following season, Detroit gave him away to the Washington Capitals. After a few games for the Hershey Bears in the AHL, he made the jump to the NHL and became the second goalkeeper behind Dave Parro. The following year he took over from this and has shared the place in goal for the Capitals mostly with Pat Riggin. Together, the two won in the 1983/84 season the William M. Jennings Trophy. The following years were unsettled and a knee injury in January 1985 forced him to twenty games break.
When the Capitals in the 1986/87 season continued on Bob Mason, he is for Garry Galley to the Los Angeles Kings. He could not sit down and denied for the Kings only five games. In 1988, he finished his career.
Jensen is currently working as a scout for Central Scouting Service in the NHL, where he worked as a senior scout for goalkeepers.