Tony Esposito

Tony Esposito was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, born on April 23, 1943 and died on August 10, 2021. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League, 15 of them with the Chicago Blackhawks, and was one of the pioneers of the butterfly goaltending style. After playing college hockey at Michigan Tech, where he helped win the 1964-65 NCAA championship, he had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup as a Montreal backup in 1969. In 1969-70 with Chicago he set the modern NHL record of 15 shutouts in a season and won the Calder Trophy, and he went on to win the Vezina Trophy three times. He served as one of Canada's two goaltenders in the 1972 Summit Series, the Blackhawks retired his number 35 in 1988, and he is enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame, as is his brother Phil.