Tim Cheveldae
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Timothy M. Cheveldae is a retired professional ice hockey
goaltender
. During his ten year National Hockey League
career, he played with the Detroit Red Wings
, Winnipeg Jets, and Boston Bruins
.
playing career in the 1985–86 WHL season with the Saskatoon Blades
. Cheveldae was selected in the 4th Round (64th Overall) by the Detroit Red Wings
in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft
. Cheveldae remained with the Blades until the end of the 1987–88 season before leaving for the professional ranks.
For the 1988–89 season, Cheveldae went to the Red Wings' minor league affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings
, in the American Hockey League
. His level of play earned him a call up to the NHL, where he served two games in net for the Red Wings, and made him the fourth goaltender on the Red Wings roster behind Greg Stefan
, Glen Hanlon
and Sam St. Laurent
.
While Detroit's goaltending lineup would remain the same for the 1990–91 season, Cheveldae ascended the depth chart, going from goaltending in the AHL to being in Detroit's goaltending tandem with Hanlon, as Stefan suffered career ending injuries while St. Laurent never ascended beyond the role of a third goaltender at the NHL level despite his minor league success.
From the 1990–91 season to the 1992–93 season, Cheveldae was Detroit's starting goaltenter. With Detroit not settling on a consistent backup, Cheveldae was Detroit's goaltending workhorse for those seasons, playing no less than 65 games in each those seasons and playing an astounding 72 games during the 1991–92 season, earning him the right to play in the 1992 NHL All-Star Game. While Cheveldae had success during the regular season, the team would never go deep into the playoffs during those seasons, leaving Cheveldae to be the scapegoat for Detroit's inability to succeed in the playoffs.
In the 1993–94 Season, Chris Osgood
emerged from the minors to become Detroit's new starting goaltender. Despite having a successful season, Cheveldae ended up traded to the Winnipeg Jets as part of a package deal which brought Bob Essensa
and Sergei Bautin
to Detroit on March 8, 1994. Cheveldae missed the playoffs with the Jets.
While in Winnipeg, Cheveldae never achieved the level of success he had with the Red Wings. While he served the Jets as starting goaltender during the abbreviated season in 1994–95 and the beginning of the 1995–96 season, the Jets eventually opted to go with Nikolai Khabibulin
as their starter. Cheveldae was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on February 27, 1996, for Dominic Roussel
, and he was assigned to the minor league affiliate Hershey Bears
.
On August 27, 1996, Cheveldae signed with the Boston Bruins
. Cheveldae served two games that season while spending most of his time on loan to the Fort Wayne Komets
of the International Hockey League. Cheveldae was not re-signed at the end of the season.
Cheveldae played his final season of professional hockey during the 1997–98 Season, skating for the Las Vegas Thunder
of the IHL.
Cheveldae was also on roster for the First Annual Detroit Red Wings Alumni Showdown in Hockeytown on February 19, 2005, as the Red Wings alumni team would lose to the Maple Leafs alumni team 10–9 in a shootout.
According to The Hockey News, Cheveldae is currently working as a firefighter.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
. During his ten year National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
career, he played with the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
, Winnipeg Jets, and Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
.
Playing career
Cheveldae began his junior ice hockeyJunior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
playing career in the 1985–86 WHL season with the Saskatoon Blades
Saskatoon Blades
The Saskatoon Blades are a junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Western Hockey League. They are based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing at the 15,195 seat Credit Union Centre.-History:...
. Cheveldae was selected in the 4th Round (64th Overall) by the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft
1986 NHL Entry Draft
The 1986 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 21, 1986 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1985–86 NHL season and playoff standings...
. Cheveldae remained with the Blades until the end of the 1987–88 season before leaving for the professional ranks.
For the 1988–89 season, Cheveldae went to the Red Wings' minor league affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings
Adirondack Red Wings
The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...
, in the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
. His level of play earned him a call up to the NHL, where he served two games in net for the Red Wings, and made him the fourth goaltender on the Red Wings roster behind Greg Stefan
Greg Stefan
Gregory Steven Stefan was a professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League.Drafted in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, Greg Stefan became known for using his stick to clear skaters in front of the net, many times receiving penalties, and sometimes suspensions...
, Glen Hanlon
Glen Hanlon
Glen A. Hanlon is a retired Canadian National Hockey League goaltender and a former head coach of the Washington Capitals of the NHL, Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League , and the Belarusian national ice hockey team. He was a goaltender scout for the Vancouver Canucks...
and Sam St. Laurent
Sam St. Laurent
Sam St. Laurent is a retired ice hockey goaltender that has played in the National Hockey League as well as on the Canadian national men's hockey team. St. Laurent serves the distinction of being the last NHL goaltender to wear a goalies mask made entirely out of fiberglass.- Playing career:St...
.
While Detroit's goaltending lineup would remain the same for the 1990–91 season, Cheveldae ascended the depth chart, going from goaltending in the AHL to being in Detroit's goaltending tandem with Hanlon, as Stefan suffered career ending injuries while St. Laurent never ascended beyond the role of a third goaltender at the NHL level despite his minor league success.
From the 1990–91 season to the 1992–93 season, Cheveldae was Detroit's starting goaltenter. With Detroit not settling on a consistent backup, Cheveldae was Detroit's goaltending workhorse for those seasons, playing no less than 65 games in each those seasons and playing an astounding 72 games during the 1991–92 season, earning him the right to play in the 1992 NHL All-Star Game. While Cheveldae had success during the regular season, the team would never go deep into the playoffs during those seasons, leaving Cheveldae to be the scapegoat for Detroit's inability to succeed in the playoffs.
In the 1993–94 Season, Chris Osgood
Chris Osgood
Christopher John Osgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He's currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401 career wins. He spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis...
emerged from the minors to become Detroit's new starting goaltender. Despite having a successful season, Cheveldae ended up traded to the Winnipeg Jets as part of a package deal which brought Bob Essensa
Bob Essensa
Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League...
and Sergei Bautin
Sergei Bautin
Sergei Vladimirovich Bautin is a retired ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks....
to Detroit on March 8, 1994. Cheveldae missed the playoffs with the Jets.
While in Winnipeg, Cheveldae never achieved the level of success he had with the Red Wings. While he served the Jets as starting goaltender during the abbreviated season in 1994–95 and the beginning of the 1995–96 season, the Jets eventually opted to go with Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Khabibulin
Nikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League...
as their starter. Cheveldae was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on February 27, 1996, for Dominic Roussel
Dominic Roussel
Dominic Roussel is a former professional ice hockey goaltender.-Playing career:Roussel was selected in the third round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, 63rd overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers and made his NHL debut during the 1991–92 season...
, and he was assigned to the minor league affiliate Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
.
On August 27, 1996, Cheveldae signed with the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
. Cheveldae served two games that season while spending most of his time on loan to the Fort Wayne Komets
Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey franchise currently a member of the Central Hockey League in the Northern Conference. The team was previously a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010...
of the International Hockey League. Cheveldae was not re-signed at the end of the season.
Cheveldae played his final season of professional hockey during the 1997–98 Season, skating for the Las Vegas Thunder
Las Vegas Thunder
The Las Vegas Thunder were an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993–1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999...
of the IHL.
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | Saskatoon Blades Saskatoon Blades The Saskatoon Blades are a junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Western Hockey League. They are based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing at the 15,195 seat Credit Union Centre.-History:... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
36 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2030 | 165 | 0 | 4.88 | - |
| 1986–87 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 33 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1909 | 133 | 2 | 4.18 | - |
| 1987–88 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 66 | 44 | 19 | 3 | 3798 | 235 | 1 | 3.71 | - |
| 1988–89 | Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 9 | 0 | 4.43 | .878 |
| 1988–89 1988–89 AHL season The 1988–89 AHL season was the 53rd season of the American Hockey League. Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league abandoned awarding points for an overtime loss. The Sherbrooke Canadiens finished first overall in the regular season... |
Adirondack Red Wings Adirondack Red Wings The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, USA at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The team was affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
30 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1694 | 98 | 1 | 3.47 | .888 |
| 1989–90 1989–90 AHL season The 1989–90 AHL season was the 54th season of the American Hockey League.Fourteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Sherbrooke Canadiens repeated finishing first overall in the regular season... |
Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1848 | 116 | 0 | 3.37 | .880 |
| 1989–90 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 28 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1600 | 101 | 0 | 3.79 | .882 |
| 1990–91 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 65 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 3615 | 214 | 2 | 3.55 | .875 |
| 1991–92 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 72 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 4236 | 226 | 2 | 3.20 | .886 |
| 1992–93 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 67 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3880 | 210 | 4 | 3.25 | .889 |
| 1993–94 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 30 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1572 | 91 | 1 | 3.47 | .875 |
| 1993–94 1993–94 AHL season The 1993–94 AHL season was the 58th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The St. John's Maple Leafs finished first overall in the regular season... |
Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 7 | 0 | 3.36 | .901 |
| 1993–94 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 788 | 52 | 1 | 3.96 | .893 |
| 1994–95 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 30 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1571 | 97 | 0 | 3.70 | .881 |
| 1995–96 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 30 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1694 | 111 | 0 | 3.93 | .883 |
| 1995–96 1995–96 AHL season The 1995–96 AHL season was the 60th season of the American Hockey League. The AHL expands by two teams and realigns into two conferences, and four divisions. The Northern Conference includes the North and Atlantic Divisions... |
Hershey Bears Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of... |
AHL | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 457 | 31 | 0 | 4.07 | .877 |
| 1996–97 | Fort Wayne Komets Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey franchise currently a member of the Central Hockey League in the Northern Conference. The team was previously a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010... |
IHL | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1137 | 75 | 0 | 3.96 | .878 |
| 1996–97 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 3.23 | .848 |
| 1997–98 | Las Vegas Thunder Las Vegas Thunder The Las Vegas Thunder were an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993–1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999... |
IHL | 38 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1942 | 128 | 0 | 3.95 | .878 |
| NHL totals | 340 | 149 | 136 | 37 | 19171 | 1116 | 10 | 3.49 | .883 | ||
Post season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–86 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 8 | 6 | 2 | 460 | 29 | 0 | 3.63 | - |
| 1986–87 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 308 | 20 | 0 | 3.90 | - |
| 1987–88 | Saskatoon Blades | WHL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 364 | 27 | 0 | 4.45 | - |
| 1988–89 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 5.45 | - |
| 1990–91 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 398 | 22 | 0 | 3.32 | .894 |
| 1991–92 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 11 | 3 | 7 | 597 | 25 | 2 | 2.51 | .910 |
| 1992–93 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 423 | 24 | 0 | 3.40 | .880 |
| 1995–96 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 250 | 14 | 0 | 3.36 | - |
| NHL totals | 25 | 9 | 15 | 1418 | 71 | 2 | 3.00 | .896 | ||
Retirement
Cheveldae would return to the Saskatoon Blades as an Assistant coach for two seasons following his playing career.Cheveldae was also on roster for the First Annual Detroit Red Wings Alumni Showdown in Hockeytown on February 19, 2005, as the Red Wings alumni team would lose to the Maple Leafs alumni team 10–9 in a shootout.
According to The Hockey News, Cheveldae is currently working as a firefighter.