| Kay Whitmore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1967-04-10)April 10, 1967 (age 57) 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 | ||
Kay Whitmore, Jr. (born April 10, 1967) is a Canadian formerice hockeygoaltender. He played for theHartford Whalers,Vancouver Canucks,Boston Bruins, andCalgary Flames during his career, as well as several teams in the minorAmerican Hockey League andInternational Hockey League, from 1987 until 2002.
As a youth, Whitmore played in the 1979Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with aminor ice hockey team fromGreater Sudbury.[1]
In 1983-84, Whitmore joined OHL'sPeterborough 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 theHartford Whalers. He played most of his first four professional seasons for Hartford's minor league teams inBinghamton andSpringfield, with some spot duty for the Whalers in 1989, 1990 and 1991. In the1991 American Hockey League season, Whitmore led the Springfield Indians to the franchise's seventh and finalCalder Cup, and was named the winner of theJack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.[citation needed]
Thefollowing season, Whitmore stuck in the NHL, platooning withPeter Sidorkiewicz in the Whalers' nets but losing his job toFrank Pietrangelo at season's end and in the playoffs.[citation needed]
In the1992 offseason, he was traded to theVancouver Canucks forCorrie D'Alessio and cash. That season, he played 31 games behindKirk McLean and helped the Canucks win the Smythe Division season title, going 18-8-4 with a 3.10 GAA. In1994, 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 theNew York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals. In the shortened1994-95 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 theLong 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 theBoston Bruins in 1999 for future considerations, he was recalled from Boston'sProvidence farm team in the2000-01 season when Bruins goaltendersByron Dafoe andJohn Grahame were both injured. Whitmore, getting his first NHL start in over six years, posted a 5–4 win over theChicago Blackhawks on November 2, 2000.[2] In five games with the Bruins, Whitmore'ssave percentage stood at .809, and he was sent back down to the minors. The following season Whitmore signed as a free agent with theCalgary Flames, but only played in one game for them, seeing most of his action for theirAmerican Hockey League farm team, theSaint John Flames. He retired from professional hockey thereafter, save for a three-game playoff stint for theNuremberg Ice Tigers of theDeutsche Eishockey Liga in 2005.[citation needed]
Following his hockey career, Whitmore was the goaltending coach for thePeterborough Petes from 2002-2004. From 2005-2006, Whitmore worked as a studio analyst onthe NHL Network's programOn 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 theNHL.
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| 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 | ||||