Andy Moog

Donald Andrew Moog ( born February 18, 1960 in Penticton, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. 1980-1998 for the Edmonton Oilers, the one that played Boston Bruins Dallas Stars and the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League

Career

Edmonton Oilers

Andy Moog began his career in 1978 in the Canadian Junior Football League WHL at the Billings Bighorns. After his second season, he was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1980 at position 132. Then he moved to the Central Hockey League to the Wichita Wind, a farm team of the Oilers. In addition, he was allowed to complete his first games in the NHL. In the season 1981/82 it was similar and he continued to play mainly in the CHL and got sporadic appearances in the NHL.

In the 1982/83 season he sat down as number one in the Oilers through and pulled out a with the team to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost, however, against the New York Islanders, who could use it to call their fourth title in a row. As in the previous season he also made 1983/84 a team with goalkeeper Grant Fuhr, where transit operations received little more than Moog. In the playoffs, the coach sat on Grant Fuhr, however, who was injured in the final series. Andy Moog filled in for him and could help the team to win the first Stanley Cup.

In the following years, but the picture was largely the same. Fuhr was the number one, Moog still got around 40 appearances in the season and performed well, but in the playoffs you sat fully on Grant Fuhr. Nevertheless, he played in the 1985 and 1986 NHL All-Star Game, but even there he had to the post of goalkeeper share with Fuhr.

The Edmonton Oilers were in 1985 and 1987 Stanley Cup win with the two goalkeepers. However, in the 1987/88 fleet was then in the regular season as first-choice goalkeeper, and Moog completed no match for the Oilers. In the time played in several games for the Canadian national team and eventually participated in the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 in part where the team Canada took fourth place.

Boston Bruins

Shortly after his return, he was transferred to the Boston Bruins, Boston Goalie Bill Ranford what came to Edmonton. Moog played six times in the regular season and also came to some operations during the playoffs, as the Bruins moved in to the Stanley Cup final. There they met just on the Edmonton Oilers, but had no chance.

In the next three years he trained with Rejean Lemelin, the goalkeeper of the team of Bruins, with Moog was slightly preferred. Together they won the 1990 William M. Jennings Trophy, as they had conceded the fewest goals in the NHL. In the same year, the Bruins played again very successful in the playoffs. One of the highlights was a game in the first round against the Hartford Whalers. Lemelin was at the beginning of the game in goal, and after 40 minutes, the Bruins were back to 2-5. At the beginning of the last third they changed from Moog and Lemelin went into the goal. Andy Moog held for the rest of the game clean sheet while his teammate the game even umbogen to a 6-5. The Bruins fought their way from round to round to the Stanley Cup Finals, where again the Edmonton Oilers with Boston's former goalkeeper Bill Ranford waited in the gate. And again it was the Oilers, the Cup were allowed to take home with you.

1991 and 1992 made ​​it the Bruins again to the finals of the Eastern Conference, also Moog in 1991 again elected to the All-Star Game, but in 1993 they already dropped out in the first round of the playoffs.

Dallas and Montreal

In the summer of 1993, Andy Moog was transferred to the Minnesota North Stars, which later relocated just weeks after Dallas and renamed the Dallas Stars. For four years he was the goalkeeper of the stars and could move in with them three times in the playoffs. 1997 Andy Moog got his fourth appointment to the NHL All-Star Game. In the summer of 1997, the Stars committed with Ed Belfour a star goalkeeper and not extended the contract with Moog.

He then wrote a contract with the Montreal Canadiens. By Jocelyn Thibault, he moved there in the starting gate, but got transferred the role of the parent goalkeeper in the playoffs. After a year, Andy Moog ended his career. In his last game of the regular season, he could shine once again when he managed against the Ottawa Senators a shutout.

After the End of career

In the following years he worked as a consultant to the Atlanta Thrashers and the Vancouver Canucks Goalie questions. Since 2002 he has been goalkeeper coach of his former team Dallas Stars and was appointed as goalkeeping consultant to the Canadian team at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 and 2006. Meanwhile, he is also responsible for the development of the Dallas Stars players at all positions.

During his time in Andy Moog Vice - President was the player with the players' union NHLPA.

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