Jeff Hackett

Jeffrey Hackett ( born June 1, 1968 in London, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. During his career he played for the New York Islanders, San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. He is currently the goalie coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

Career

Hackett played for two years from 1986 to 1988 in the Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals. This he represented the same in his rookie season in the final of the Memorial Cup, the championship of the Canadian junior leagues. At the end of the season he was also with the FW " Dinty " Moore Trophy for rookie goalkeeper with the least Gegentorschnitt and the Dave Pinkney Trophy awarded to the goalkeeper of the team with the lowest Gegentorschnitt and was in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 in the second round by 34 selected. position of the New York Islanders. However, the Canadians remained yet another season in the OHL, and participated with the junior national team at the World Youth Championship 1988, where he secured the gold medal with the team.

For the season 1988/89 Hackett signed his first professional contract with the Islanders, where he first in the American Hockey League farm team, the Springfield Indians guarded the gate. In the course of the season but he was appointed to the NHL squad of New York and came to his first 13 missions. The following season was the goalkeeper completely in the AHL with the Indians, which he led in the playoffs to win the Calder Cup after a streaky regular season. He was honored for his achievements with the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy. At the start of the game year 1990/91 Hackett was the place of the back- ups behind goalkeeper Glenn Healy and came up with 30 inserts season before he was selected in the NHL Expansion Draft in 1991 by the San Jose Sharks newly established. There, he shared in the next two years the trunk space with Jarmo Myllys and Artūrs Irbe but failed all along the line, as he was not a safe support the sparse team and won 78 games only 13. Therefore, he was transferred in the summer of 1993 to the Chicago Blackhawks and was mostly in the shade of Ed Belfour, whose regular place he took over the course of the 1996/97 season. Having represented the Canadian national team at the 1998 World Cup, he went with the Blackhawks in his sixth and final season, he was part of a comprehensive six players transfer business with the Montreal Canadiens in November 1998. There he was again the master position held in the gate, before he was injured at the beginning of the season 2000 /01 by the hand and eventually lost his place in José Théodore. Until the 2002/ 03 into the Canadian contented with the place as a back -up. In January 2003, he was then, however, initially, is for Niklas Sundström to his old team, the San Jose Sharks, which together with Jeff Jillson sent him on the same day in exchange for Kyle McLaren to the Boston Bruins. For the Bruins Hackett played only 21 games because he did not renew his expiring contract and left as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers. There he began the season with strong performances that significantly eased in the course of the season but. On January 22, 2004, after his 500th game in the NHL, with him dizziness and balance disorders were diagnosed. This meant that he ended his career on 9 February 2004, after he had three days earlier tested in the farm team the Flyers again whether he can play without discomfort.

On 12 July 2006 Hackett began his career as a goalkeeper coach when he signed a contract with the Colorado Avalanche.

Awards and achievements

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