Kay Whitmore

Summary

Kay Whitmore, Jr. (born April 10, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, and Calgary Flames during his career, as well as several teams in the minor American Hockey League and International Hockey League, from 1987 until 2002.

Kay Whitmore
Born (1967-04-10) April 10, 1967 (age 56)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Hartford Whalers
Vancouver Canucks
Boston Bruins
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 26th overall, 1985
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 1987–2002

Hockey career edit

As a youth, Whitmore played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Greater Sudbury.[1]

In 1983-84, Whitmore joined OHL's Peterborough Petes and went 17-8-0 as a major junior rookie. The following season, he paced the league with 53 games by a goalie and 35 wins. In the playoffs, he went 10-4. In 1985-86, he went 27-12-2 with a league-best three shutouts and 2.77 GAA. At year's end, he was named an OHL First Team All-Star.[citation needed]

Whitmore was drafted 26th overall in the 1985 Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers. He played most of his first four professional seasons for Hartford's minor league teams in Binghamton and Springfield, with some spot duty for the Whalers in 1989, 1990 and 1991. In the 1991 American Hockey League season, Whitmore led the Springfield Indians to the franchise's seventh and final Calder Cup, and was named the winner of the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.[citation needed]

The following season, Whitmore stuck in the NHL, platooning with Peter Sidorkiewicz in the Whalers' nets but losing his job to Frank Pietrangelo at season's end and in the playoffs.[citation needed]

In the 1992 offseason, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Corrie D'Alessio and cash. That season, he played 31 games behind Kirk McLean and helped the Canucks win the Smythe Division season title, going 18-8-4 with a 3.10 GAA. In 1994, he played 32 games and posted an 18-14-0 record. In the playoffs, he helped his team win the Clarence Campbell Bowl in the Western Conference finals before losing to the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals. In the shortened 1994-95 season, Kay played eleven games for the Canucks.[citation needed]

His contract expiring thereafter, Whitmore spent the next five seasons in the minor leagues, his most successful season being 1998, when he led the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League into the league semi-finals, as well as winning First Team All-Star accolades.[citation needed]

Being traded to the Boston Bruins in 1999 for future considerations, he was recalled from Boston's Providence farm team in the 2000-01 season when Bruins goaltenders Byron Dafoe and John Grahame were both injured. Whitmore, getting his first NHL start in over six years, posted a 5–4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on November 2, 2000.[2] In five games with the Bruins, Whitmore's save percentage stood at .809, and he was sent back down to the minors. The following season Whitmore signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames, but only played in one game for them, seeing most of his action for their American Hockey League farm team, the Saint John Flames. He retired from professional hockey thereafter, save for a three-game playoff stint for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2005.[citation needed]

Post playing career edit

Following his hockey career, Whitmore was the goaltending coach for the Peterborough Petes from 2002-2004. From 2005-2006, Whitmore worked as a studio analyst on the NHL Network's program On the Fly, as well as a guest studio analyst on The NHL on OLN Post Game Report. Whitmore can also be seen as a guest analyst on the Versus Network .[3] Currently, Whitmore is serving as a goaltending supervisor for the NHL.

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1982–83 Sudbury Legionnaires NOHA 43 2580 108 4 2.51
1983–84 Peterborough Petes OHL 29 17 8 0 1471 110 0 4.49 .858
1984–85 Peterborough Petes OHL 53 35 16 2 3077 172 2 3.35 .901 17 10 4 1020 58 0 3.41
1985–86 Peterborough Petes OHL 41 27 12 2 2467 114 3 2.77 .901 14 8 5 837 40 0 2.87
1986–87 Peterborough Petes OHL 36 14 17 5 2159 118 1 3.28 7 3 3 366 17 1 2.79
1987–88 Binghamton Whalers AHL 38 17 15 4 2137 121 3 3.40 .885 2 0 2 118 10 0 5.08 .873
1988–89 Hartford Whalers NHL 3 2 1 0 180 10 0 3.33 .896 2 0 2 135 10 0 4.44 .863
1988–89 Binghamton Whalers AHL 56 21 29 4 3200 241 1 4.52 .864
1989–90 Hartford Whalers NHL 9 4 2 1 442 26 0 3.53 .858
1989–90 Binghamton Whalers AHL 24 3 19 2 1386 109 0 4.72 .858
1990–91 Hartford Whalers NHL 18 3 9 3 850 52 0 3.67 .863
1990–91 Springfield Indians AHL 33 22 9 1 1916 98 1 3.07 .892 15 11 4 926 37 0 2.40
1991–92 Hartford Whalers NHL 45 14 21 6 2567 155 3 3.62 .880 1 0 0 19 1 0 3.23 .800
1992–93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 31 18 8 4 1817 94 1 3.10 .890
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 32 18 14 0 1921 113 0 3.53 .867
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 11 0 6 2 558 37 0 3.98 .867 1 0 0 20 2 0 6.00 .889
1995–96 Detroit Vipers IHL 10 3 5 0 501 33 0 3.95 .860
1995–96 Los Angeles Ice Dogs IHL 30 10 9 7 1563 99 1 3.80 .891
1995–96 Syracuse Crunch AHL 11 6 4 1 663 37 0 3.35 .896
1995–96 Binghamton Rangers AHL 2 0 2 127 9 0 4.27 .868
1996–97 Södertälje SK SWE 25 1320 85 0 3.86 .858
1997–98 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 46 28 12 3 2516 109 3 2.60 .898 14 9 5 838 43 0 3.08
1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 18 8 8 2 1080 47 0 2.61 .903
1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 23 10 6 4 1304 64 2 2.95 .904
1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL 43 17 19 3 2393 127 1 3.18 .899 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.04 .939
2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 5 1 2 0 203 18 0 5.33 .809
2000–01 Providence Bruins AHL 26 13 8 2 1460 65 2 2.67 .917
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 1 0 58 3 0 3.08 .857
2001–02 Saint John Flames AHL 36 10 16 8 2001 83 0 2.49 .908
2004–05 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 3
NHL Totals 155 60 64 16 8597 508 4 3.55 .875 4 0 2 174 13 0 4.49 .865

References edit

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ^ "Kallio hat trick leads Thrashers". ESPN. Associated Press. 2000-11-04. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ^ Pollard, Dan (2004-09-13). "Tough times for Kiprusoff's mentor". TSN. Archived from the original on February 10, 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-21.

External links edit

  • Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database