Wayne Stephenson
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Wayne Frederick Stephenson (January 29, 1945 – June 22, 2010) was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 professional ice hockey
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...

. He was born in Fort William, Ontario
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

.

Playing career

Stephenson played primarily with the Canadian National Team early in his career, and was a member of the 1968 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team that won the Bronze Medal.

His NHL career would begin in 1971 when he was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...

. After three seasons with the Blues, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

. Stephenson was traded to the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

 prior to the 1979–80 NHL season and played there for two seasons before retiring.

Awards and achievements

  • MJHL First All-Star Team (1965)
  • MJHL Top Goaltender (1965)
  • MJHL Most Valuable Player (1965)
  • Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1965)
  • Played in the World Championships
    Ice Hockey World Championships
    The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

     for Team Canada
    Canadian national men's hockey team
    The Canadian national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and participates in international competitions. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior...

     (1967
    1967 World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 34th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Vienna, Austria from March 18 to March 29, 1967. For the fifth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament.- Final Round :...

     and 1969
    1969 World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships. For the first time the Pool A, B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations:...

    )
  • Olympic bronze metalist (1968
    Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
    At the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship...

    )
  • Stanley Cup
    Stanley Cup
    The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

     championship (1975
    1975 Stanley Cup Finals
    The 1975 Stanley Cup Final championship series was played by the Buffalo Sabres, making their first Finals appearance and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers would win the best-of-seven series four games to two. This was the first Final to have two non-"Original Six" teams since...

    )
  • Played in NHL All-Star Game (1976 and 1978)
  • "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
    Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
    The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1985 when the first honoured members were named and plaques were erected in their honour. The first group of inductees was large in order to recognize the accomplishments of Manitoba players, coaches, builders and teams at the...


Regular season

Season
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

SV%
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

1963–64 Winnipeg Braves MJHL
Manitoba Junior Hockey League
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The MJHL is one of eleven Junior 'A' Hockey Leagues in Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League ....

29 11 15 3 1804 120 0 3.99
1964–65 Winnipeg Braves MJHL 43 26 12 5 2580 128 2 2.97
1965–66 Canadian National Team  Intl
1966–67 Canadian National Team Intl
1967–68 Winnipeg Nationals WCSHL 15 900 30 1 2.11
1968–69 Canadian National Team Intl
1969–70 Canadian National Team Intl
1970–71 Canadian National Team Intl
1971–72 Kansas City Blues
Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)
The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League from 1967 to 1972, and again in the 1976-77 season, mainly as an affiliate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. On February 21, 1971, Michel Plasse...

 
CHL 21 5 11 4 1210 80 0 3.93
1971–72 St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...

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 1 0 100 9 0 5.40
1972–73 St. Louis Blues NHL 45 18 15 7 2535 128 1 3.03
1973–74 St. Louis Blues NHL 40 13 21 5 2360 123 2 3.13
1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

NHL 12 7 2 1 639 29 1 2.72 .895
1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 40 10 13 3819 164 1 2.58 .907
1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 21 12 3 2 1065 41 1 2.31 .916
1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 26 14 10 1 1482 68 3 2.75 .892
1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 20 10 5 2187 122 2 3.35 .871
1979–80 Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

NHL 56 18 24 10 3146 187 0 3.57
1980–81 Washington Capitals NHL 20 4 7 5 1010 66 1 3.92
NHL totals 328 146 103 49 18343 937 14 3.06

Post season

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1964–65 Winnipeg Braves MJHL 4 4 0 240 12 0 3.00
1964–65 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup
1965 Memorial Cup
The 1965 Memorial Cup final was the 47th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings...

5 1 4 300 25 0 5.00
1972–73 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 1 2 160 14 0 5.25
1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 2 0 123 4 1 1.95 .922
1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 8 4 4 494 22 0 2.67 .904
1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 9 4 3 532 23 1 2.59 .900
1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4 0 3 213 16 0 4.51 .843
NHL totals 26 11 12 1522 79 2 3.11

International

Year Team Event   GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
1967 Canada WC
1967 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 34th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Vienna, Austria from March 18 to March 29, 1967. For the fifth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament.- Final Round :...

1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00
1968 Canada Oly
Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
At the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship...

3 2 0 0 140 3 1 1.29
1969 Canada WC
1969 World Ice Hockey Championships
The 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships, which also doubled as the 47th European ice hockey championships. For the first time the Pool A, B and C tournaments were hosted by different nations:...

8 3 5 0 480 27 1 3.38
Senior int'l totals 12 6 5 0 680 31 2 2.58

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