Steve Guenette

Steve Guenette
Born (1965-11-13) November 13, 1965 (age 59)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Pittsburgh Penguins
Calgary Flames
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1986–1992

Steven P. Guenette (born November 13, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 35 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames from 1987 to 1990. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 1992, was spent in the minor leagues.

Playing career

Guenette signed with the Penguins in 1985 after two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Guelph Platers. He remained in the OHL for one more season in 1985–86, where he led the Platers to the J. Ross Robertson Cup title, and then the 1986 Memorial Cup championship. Guenette won the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the OHL's top over-ager, as well as the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the top goaltender in the Memorial Cup, in addition to being named to the Memorial Cup All-Star team.[1]

Guenette broke into the NHL the following year, playing two games with the Penguins in 1986–87. He played 30 more games in Pittsburgh over the next two seasons. Spending most of his time in the International Hockey League where he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for allowing the fewest goals in the IHL and was named a second-team all-star after recording a 23–4–5 record for the Muskegon Lumberjacks in 1987–88.[2]

The Penguins traded Guenette to the Calgary Flames in 1989 for a sixth round draft pick. He spent two seasons in the Flames organization, appearing in only three games for Calgary, and after a final season with the Kalamazoo Wings in 1991–92, retired from professional hockey.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1981–82 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 1 — — — 60 6 0 6.00 — — — — — — — — —
1982–83 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 30 — — — 1546 124 0 4.81 — — — — — — — — —
1983–84 Guelph Platers OHL 38 9 20 1 1808 155 0 5.14 — — — — — — — — —
1984–85 Guelph Platers OHL 47 16 22 4 2593 200 1 4.63 — — — — — — — — —
1985–86 Guelph Platers OHL 50 26 20 1 2910 165 3 3.40 .895 20 15 3 1167 54 1 2.77 —
1985–86 Guelph Platers M-Cup — — — — — — — — — 4 3 1 240 12 0 3.00 —
1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 2 0 2 0 112 8 0 4.30 .846 — — — — — — — —
1986–87 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 54 21 23 0 3035 157 5 3.10 — — — — — — — — —
1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 19 12 7 0 1092 61 1 3.35 .895 — — — — — — — —
1987–88 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 33 23 4 5 1943 91 4 2.81 — — — — — — — — —
1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 5 6 0 574 41 0 4.29 .867 — — — — — — — —
1988–89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 10 6 4 0 597 39 0 3.92 — — — — — — — — —
1988–89 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 30 24 5 0 1810 82 2 2.72 — 13 8 5 782 44 0 3.38 —
1989–90 Calgary Flames NHL 2 1 1 0 120 8 0 4.02 .840 — — — — — — — —
1989–90 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 47 22 21 4 2779 160 0 3.45 — 10 4 4 545 35 1 3.85 —
1990–91 Calgary Flames NHL 1 1 0 0 60 4 0 4.00 .867 — — — — — — — —
1990–91 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 43 26 13 4 2521 137 2 3.26 — 2 0 1 59 9 0 9.15 —
1991–92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 21 7 9 3 1094 70 1 3.84 — — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 35 19 16 0 1956 122 1 3.74 .881 — — — — — — — —

References

  1. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: The ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. p. 313. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
  2. ^ a b "Steve Guenette profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-12-02.